Psalm 80

By Asaph

Listen to us, O Shepherd of Israel,
You who led Joseph’s people like a flock,
You who is enthroned between the Cherubim,
To Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh
Shine forth, summon your power, come, rescue us.
Revive us, O God and let your face beam
Upon us with favor and we will be saved.
O Jehovah, God of armies, how long
Will you seethe at the prayers of your people?
You have fed them with tears instead of food
And made them drink their full measure of tears.
To our neighbors we are a source of strife
And our enemies view us with derision.
Revive us, O God of armies.  Let your face
Shine upon us so that we may be saved.

You dug up and brought a vine out of Egypt;
You expelled foreign peoples and planted it.
You cleared the ground, it took root and filled the land.
The mountains were covered by its shadow
And its boughs were like the cedars of God.
Its branches reached the sea, its shoots, the river.
Why then have you broken down its walls,
So that all who pass by may pluck its grapes?
The boar from the forest tramples it down,
And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
Come back, O God of armies, we beseech you.
Look down from Heaven. See! Watch over this vine,
The root you planted with your own right hand,
The shoot you nourished and made strong for yourself.
Enemies have cut down and burned the vine.
Let them perish at your censorious glance.

Support with your power your chosen people,
And their sons whom you have reared to be strong.
Then we will not turn away from you again.
Revive us, and we will call upon your name.
Restore us, O Jehovah, God of armies.
Smile down upon us and we will be saved.