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Psalm 80

God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the music director; set to (a)80:0 Possibly, to the LiliesEl Shoshannim; (b)80:0 Lit A testimonyEduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

Who leads Joseph like a flock;

You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!Psa 77:20

Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, awaken Your power,

And come to save us!Isa 7:2

God, restore us

And make Your face shine upon us, (c)80:3 Or that we mayand we will be saved.Psa 31:16

¶Lord God of armies,

How long will You (d)80:4 Lit smoke againstbe angry with the prayer of Your people?

You have fed them with the bread of tears,

And You have made them drink tears in (e)80:5 Lit a third part of alarge measure.1Ki 22:27; Psa 102:9

You make us (f)80:6 Lit strife toan object of contention to our neighbors,

And our enemies laugh among themselves.Psa 44:13

God of armies, restore us

And make Your face shine upon us, (g)80:7 Or that we mayand we will be saved.

¶You removed a vine from Egypt;

You drove out the (h)80:8 Or Gentilesnations and planted it.Psa 44:2

You cleared the ground before it,

And it took deep root and filled the land.

The mountains were covered with its shadow,

And (i)80:10 Or its boughs are like the cedars of Godthe cedars of God with its branches.

It was sending out its branches to the sea

And its shoots to the Euphrates River.Exo 23:31

Why have You broken down its (j)80:12 Or walls, fenceshedges,

So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?Isa 5:5

A boar from the forest eats it away,

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.2Ki 17:6; 2Ki 25:1; Psa 68:30

¶God of armies, do turn back;

Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

The (k)80:15 Or rootshoot which Your right hand has planted,

And of the (l)80:15 Or figuratively: branchson whom You have (m)80:15 Or securedstrengthened for Yourself.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish from the rebuke of Your face.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,

Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

Then we will not turn back from You;

Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

Lord God of armies, restore us;

Make Your face shine upon us, (n)80:19 Or that we mayand we will be saved.