Psalm 80

For the choir director. To the tune of “Lilies.” A testimony. Of Asaph. A psalm.

1Listen, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned on the cherubim, shine out!

2Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us.

3God, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.

4Yahweh God of Armies, how long will you smolder with anger against the prayers of your people?

5You have fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink tears by the bowlful.

6You make us a source of strife to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7God of Armies, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.

8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

9You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.

10The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.

11It sent out its branches to the Sea and its shoots to the River.

12Why have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

13The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed on it.

14God of Armies, please turn back! Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine,

15the stock your right hand planted, the son you made strong for yourself.

16It is burned with fire; it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of your face.

17Let your hand be on the man at your right hand, on the son of man you made strong for yourself.

18Then we will not turn away from you; give us life, and we will call on your name.

19Yahweh God of Armies, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.