Psalm 80

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.

¹Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,

you who lead Joseph like a flock.

You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

shine forth ²before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.

Awaken your might;

come and save us.

³Restore us, O God;

make your face shine on us,

that we may be saved.

⁴How long, Lord God Almighty,

will your anger smolder

against the prayers of your people?

⁵You have fed them with the bread of tears;

you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.

⁶You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors,

and our enemies mock us.

⁷Restore us, God Almighty;

make your face shine on us,

that we may be saved.

⁸You transplanted a vine from Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

⁹You cleared the ground for it,

and it took root and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shade,

the mighty cedars with its branches.

¹¹Its branches reached as far as the Sea,

its shoots as far as the River.

¹²Why have you broken down its walls

so that all who pass by pick its grapes?

¹³Boars from the forest ravage it,

and insects from the fields feed on it.

¹⁴Return to us, God Almighty!

Look down from heaven and see!

Watch over this vine,

¹⁵the root your right hand has planted,

the son you have raised up for yourself.

¹⁶Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;

at your rebuke your people perish.

¹⁷Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,

the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

¹⁸Then we will not turn away from you;

revive us, and we will call on your name.

¹⁹Restore us, Lord God Almighty;

make your face shine on us,

that we may be saved.