Psalm 80
A prayer for national restoration using the metaphor of God as shepherd and Israel as a vine transplanted from Egypt. The refrain pleads: restore us, O God, and make your face shine on us that we may be saved.
PsalmsPsalm 80 of 15019 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: EgyptEuphrates
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For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph.
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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“And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.”
“Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,”
“may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;”
“I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?”
“Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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