God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.
For the choir director; set to [a]El Shoshannim; [b]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.
80 Oh, give ear, (A)Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead (B)Joseph like a flock;
You who (C)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before (D)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, (E)stir up Your power
And come to save us!
3 O God, (F)restore us
And (G)cause Your face to shine upon us, [c]and we will be saved.
4 O (H)Lord God of hosts,
(I)How long will You [d]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the (J)bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in [e]large measure.
6 You make us [f]an object of contention (K)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, [g]and we will be saved.
8 You removed a (L)vine from Egypt;
You (M)drove out the [h]nations and (N)planted it.
9 You (O)cleared the ground before it,
And it (P)took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And [i]the cedars of God with its (Q)boughs.
11 It was sending out its branches (R)to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
12 Why have You (S)broken down its [j]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (T)eats it away
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14 O God of hosts, (U)turn again now, we beseech You;
(V)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15 Even the [k](W)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the [l]son whom You have [m]strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is (X)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the (Y)rebuke of Your countenance.
17 Let (Z)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You (AA)made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we shall not (AB)turn back from You;
(AC)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 O Lord God of hosts, (AD)restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, [n]and we will be saved.
Footnotes
- Psalm 80:1 Possibly, to the Lilies
- Psalm 80:1 Lit A testimony
- Psalm 80:3 Or that we may
- Psalm 80:4 Lit smoke against
- Psalm 80:5 Lit a third part of a
- Psalm 80:6 Lit a strife to
- Psalm 80:7 Or that we may
- Psalm 80:8 Or Gentiles
- Psalm 80:10 Or its boughs are like the cedars of God
- Psalm 80:12 Or walls, fences
- Psalm 80:15 Or root
- Psalm 80:15 Or figuratively: branch
- Psalm 80:15 Or secured
- Psalm 80:19 Or that we may
Cross references
- Psalm 80:1 : Ps 23:1
- Psalm 80:1 : Ps 77:15; 78:67; Amos 5:15
- Psalm 80:1 : Ex 25:22; 1 Sam 4:4; 2 Sam 6:2; Ps 99:1
- Psalm 80:2 : Num 2:18-24
- Psalm 80:2 : Ps 35:23
- Psalm 80:3 : Ps 60:1; 80:7, 19; 85:4; 126:1; Lam 5:21
- Psalm 80:3 : Num 6:25; Ps 4:6; 31:16
- Psalm 80:4 : Ps 59:5; 84:8
- Psalm 80:4 : Ps 79:5; 85:5
- Psalm 80:5 : Ps 42:3; 102:9; Is 30:20
- Psalm 80:6 : Ps 44:13; 79:4
- Psalm 80:8 : Ps 80:15; Is 5:1, 2, 7; Jer 2:21; 12:10; Ezek 17:6; 19:10
- Psalm 80:8 : Josh 13:6; 2 Chr 20:7; Ps 44:2; Acts 7:45
- Psalm 80:8 : Jer 11:17; 32:41; Ezek 17:23; Amos 9:15
- Psalm 80:9 : Ex 23:28; Josh 24:12; Is 5:2
- Psalm 80:9 : Hos 14:5
- Psalm 80:10 : Gen 49:22
- Psalm 80:11 : Ps 72:8
- Psalm 80:12 : Ps 89:40; Is 5:5
- Psalm 80:13 : Jer 5:6
- Psalm 80:14 : Ps 90:13
- Psalm 80:14 : Ps 102:19; Is 63:15
- Psalm 80:15 : Ps 80:8
- Psalm 80:16 : 2 Chr 36:19; Ps 74:8; Jer 52:13
- Psalm 80:16 : Ps 39:11; 76:6
- Psalm 80:17 : Ps 89:21
- Psalm 80:17 : Ps 80:15
- Psalm 80:18 : Is 50:5
- Psalm 80:18 : Ps 71:20
- Psalm 80:19 : Ps 80:3