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80:1  For the director of music. A psalm of Asaph to the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Shepherd of Israel, hear us. You lead the people of Joseph like a flock. You sit on your throne between the cherubim. Show your glory
80:2  to the people of Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Call your strength into action. Come and save us.
80:3  God, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved.
80:4  Lord God, you rule over all. How long will you be angry? Will you be angry with your people even when they pray to you?
80:5  You have given us tears as our food. You have made us drink tears by the bowlful.
80:6  You have let our neighbors mock us. Our enemies laugh at us.
80:7  God who rules over all, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved.
80:8  You brought Israel out of Egypt. Israel was like a vine. After you drove the nations out of Canaan, you planted the vine in their land.
80:9  You prepared the ground for it. It took root and spread out over the whole land.
80:10  The mountains were covered with its shade. The shade of its branches covered the mighty cedar trees.
80:11  Your vine sent its branches out all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. They reached as far as the Euphrates River.
80:12  Why have you broken down the walls around your vine? Now all who pass by it can pick its grapes.
80:13  Wild pigs from the forest destroy it. Insects from the fields feed on it.
80:14  God who rules over all, return to us! Look down from heaven and see us! Watch over your vine.
80:15  Guard the root you have planted with your powerful right hand. Take care of the branch you have raised up for yourself.
80:16  Your vine has been cut down and burned in the fire. You have been angry with us, and we are dying.
80:17  May you honor the people at your right hand. May you honor the nation you have raised up for yourself.
80:18  Then we won’t turn away from you. Give us new life. We will worship you.
80:19  Lord God who rules over all, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved.