Psalms 80

Psalm 80 ESV

1The Psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the miseries of the church. 8God's former favours are turned into judgments: 14a prayer for deliverance.
To the choirmaster: according to 1Lilies. A Testimony. Of 2Asaph, a Psalm.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead 1Joseph like 2a flock. You who are 3enthroned upon the cherubim, 4shine forth.
2 Before 1Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, 2stir up your might and 3come to save us!
3 1Restore us,a O God; 2let your face shine, that we may be saved!
4 O 1Lord God of hosts, 2how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
5 You have fed them with 1the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure.
6 1You make us an object of contention for our 2neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 1Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
8 You brought 1a vine out of Egypt; you 2drove out the nations and planted it.
9 You 1cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 It sent out its branches to 1the sea and its shoots to 2the River.a
12 Why then have you 1broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 1The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.
14 Turn again, O God of hosts! 1Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
15 the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
16 They have 1burned it with fire; they have 2cut it down; may they perish at 3the rebuke of your face!
17 But 1let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
18 Then we shall not turn back from you; 1give us life, and we will call upon your name!
19 1Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved!
Psalms 80

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