NETfree - Psalms - 80

80:1  For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph.O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!

80:2  In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!

80:3  O God, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

80:4  O LORD God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?

80:5  You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.

80:6  You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.

80:7  O God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

80:8  You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

80:9  You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.

80:10  The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.

80:11  Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.

80:12  Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

80:13  The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.

80:14  O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,

80:15  the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!

80:16  It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

80:17  May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

80:18  Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you!

80:19  O LORD God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!