Psalm 80

1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.ASV — Psalm 80:1

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.ASV — Psalm 80:2

3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.ASV — Psalm 80:3

4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?ASV — Psalm 80:4

5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.ASV — Psalm 80:5

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.ASV — Psalm 80:6

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.ASV — Psalm 80:7

8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.ASV — Psalm 80:8

9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.ASV — Psalm 80:9

10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.ASV — Psalm 80:10

11 It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.ASV — Psalm 80:11

12 Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?ASV — Psalm 80:12

13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.ASV — Psalm 80:13

14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,ASV — Psalm 80:14

15 And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.ASV — Psalm 80:15

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.ASV — Psalm 80:16

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.ASV — Psalm 80:17

18 So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.ASV — Psalm 80:18

19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.ASV — Psalm 80:19