80:1 For the choir director; according to shoshannim eduth; by Asaph; a psalm. Open your ears, O Roeh of Israel, the one who leads the descendants of Joseph like sheep, the one who is enthroned over the angels.
80:2 Appear in front of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Wake up your power, and come to save us.
80:3 O Elohim, restore us and smile on us so that we may be saved.
80:4 O Yahweh Elohim Tsebaoth, how long will you smolder in anger against the prayer of your people?
80:5 You made them eat tears as food. You often made them drink their own tears.
80:6 You made us a source of conflict to our neighbors, and our enemies made fun of us.
80:7 O Elohim Tsebaoth, restore us and smile on us so that we may be saved.
80:8 You brought a vine from Egypt. You forced out the nations and planted it.
80:9 You cleared the ground for it so that it took root and filled the land.
80:10 Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars.
80:11 It reached out with its branches to the Mediterranean Sea. Its shoots reached the Euphrates River.
80:12 Why did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit.
80:13 Wild boars from the forest graze on it. Wild animals devour it.
80:14 O Elohim Tsebaoth, come back! Look from heaven and see! Come to help this vine.
80:15 Take care of what your right hand planted, the son you strengthened for yourself.
80:16 The vine has been cut down and burned. Let them be destroyed by the threatening look on your face.
80:17 Let your power rest on the man you have chosen, the son of man you strengthened for yourself.
80:18 Then we will never turn away from you. Give us life again, and we will call on you.
80:19 O Yahweh Elohim Tsebaoth, restore us, and smile on us so that we may be saved.
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