Psalms 80 — GNB

80Verse 1“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shushan-Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel! Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock, Thou who sittest between the cherubs, shine forth!^{Verse 2}Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!^{Verse 3}Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!^{Verse 4}O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?^{Verse 5}For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.^{Verse 6}Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.^{Verse 7}Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!^{Verse 8}Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.^{Verse 9}Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, and filled the land.^{Verse 10}The mountains were covered with its shade, And its branches were like the cedars of God.^{Verse 11}It sent out its boughs to the sea, And its branches to the river.^{Verse 12}Why hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?^{Verse 13}The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour it.^{Verse 14}O God of hosts! return, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!^{Verse 15}Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest strong for thyself!^{Verse 16}It is burnt with fire; it is cut down; Under thy rebuke they perish.^{Verse 17}May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong for thyself!^{Verse 18}So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!^{Verse 19}Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!