Psalm 80 (NASB2020)

Psalm 80

God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

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

1Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

Who leads Joseph like a flock;

You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

2Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, awaken Your power,

And come to save us!

3God, restore us

And make Your face shine upon us, 80:3 Or that we mayand we will be saved.

4¶Lord God of armies,

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

5You have fed them with the bread of tears,

And You have made them drink tears in 80:5 Lit a third part of alarge measure.

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

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7God of armies, restore us

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

8¶You removed a vine from Egypt;

You drove out the 80:8 Or Gentilesnations and planted it.

9You cleared the ground before it,

And it took deep root and filled the land.

10The mountains were covered with its shadow,

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

11It was sending out its branches to the sea

And its shoots to the Euphrates River.

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

So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

13A boar from the forest eats it away,

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

14¶God of armies, do turn back;

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

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

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

16It is burned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish from the rebuke of Your face.

17Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,

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

18Then we will not turn back from You;

Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

19Lord God of armies, restore us;

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

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