Psalm 80 (NIV)

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   For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.”
   Of Asaph. A psalm.
¹ Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel,
   you who lead Joseph like a flock;
you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
 ² before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.
Awaken your might;
   come and save us.
 ³ Restore us, O God;
   make your face shine upon us,
   that we may be saved.
 ⁴ O LORD God Almighty,
   how long will your anger smolder
   against the prayers of your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears;
   you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
⁶ You have made us a source of contention to our neighbors,
   and our enemies mock us.
 ⁷ Restore us, O God Almighty;
   make your face shine upon us,
   that we may be saved.
 ⁸ You brought a vine out of Egypt;
   you drove out the nations and planted it.
⁹ You cleared the ground for it,
   and it took root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shade,
   the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹ It sent out its boughs to the Sea,
   its shoots as far as the River.
 ¹² Why have you broken down its walls
   so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
¹³ Boars from the forest ravage it
   and the creatures of the field feed on it.
¹⁴ Return to us, O God Almighty!
   Look down from heaven and see!
Watch over this vine,
 ¹⁵ the root your right hand has planted,
   the son you have raised up for yourself.
 ¹⁶ Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;
   at your rebuke your people perish.
¹⁷ Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
   the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
¹⁸ Then we will not turn away from you;
   revive us, and we will call on your name.
 ¹⁹ Restore us, O LORD God Almighty;
   make your face shine upon us,
   that we may be saved.


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