Psalms 80

1[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest {between} the cherubims, shine forth. {of: or, for}● 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come {and} save us. {come...: Heb. come for salvation to us}● 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.● 4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? {be...: Heb. smoke}● 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.● 6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.● 7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.● 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.● 9Thou preparedst {room} before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.● 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof {were like} the goodly cedars. {goodly...: Heb. cedars of God}● 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.● 12Why hast thou {then} broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?● 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.● 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;● 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch {that} thou madest strong for thyself.● 16{It is} burned with fire, {it is} cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.● 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man {whom} thou madest strong for thyself.● 18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.● 19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.●