Psalms 79 — GMV
79
Verse 1
For the end, for alternate strains, a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian.
Verse 2
Attend, O Shepherd of Israel,
Verse 3
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
Verse 4
Turn us, O God,
Verse 5
O Lord God of hosts,
Verse 6
Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears;
Verse 7
Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbors;
Verse 8
Turn us, O Lord God of hosts,
Verse 9
Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Egypt:
Verse 10
Thou madest a way before it,
Verse 11
Its shadow covered the mountains,
Verse 12
It sent forth its branches to the sea,
Verse 13
Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge,
Verse 14
The boar out of the wood has laid it waste,
Verse 15
O God of hosts, turn, we pray thee:
Verse 16
And restore that which thy right hand has planted:
Verse 17
It is burned with fire and dug up:
Verse 18
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,
Verse 19
So will we not depart from thee:
Verse 20
Turn us, O Lord God of hosts,