Psalms
80
- Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead
Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken
your might; come and save us.
- Restore us, O God; make your face shine
upon us, that we may be saved.
- O LORD God Almighty, how long will your
anger smolder against the prayers of your people ?
- You have fed them with the bread of tears;
you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
- You have made us a source of contention
to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
- Restore us, O God Almighty; make your face
shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove
out the nations and planted it.
- You cleared the ground for it, and it took
root and filled the land.
- The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
- It sent out its boughs to the Sea, its shoots
as far as the River.
- Why have you broken down its walls so that
all who pass by pick its grapes ?
- Boars from the forest ravage it and the
creatures of the field feed on it.
- Return to us, O God Almighty! Look down
from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
- the root your right hand has planted, the
son you have raised up for yourself.
- Your vine is cut down, it is burned with
fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
- Let your hand rest on the man at your right
hand, 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 Almighty; make your
face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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