God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.
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Psalms 80:1
Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
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Psalms 80:2
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us!
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Psalms 80:3
O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
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Psalms 80:4
O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?
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Psalms 80:5
You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.
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Psalms 80:6
You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Psalms 80:7
O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
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Psalms 80:8
You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.
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Psalms 80:9
You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.
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Psalms 80:10
The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs.
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Psalms 80:11
It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River.
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Psalms 80:12
Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
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Psalms 80:13
A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
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Psalms 80:14
O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
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Psalms 80:15
Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.
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Psalms 80:16
It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
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Psalms 80:17
Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
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Psalms 80:18
Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
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Psalms 80:19
O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.