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!
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