Psalm 80

New King James Version

Prayer for Israel’s Restoration

To the Chief Musician. ^(A)Set to ^[a]“The Lilies.” A ^[b]Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.

80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
^(B)You who lead Joseph ^(C)like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, ^(D)shine forth!
²Before ^(E)Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,
Stir up Your strength,
And come and save us!

³^(F)Restore us, O God;
^(G)Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!

⁴O Lord God of hosts,
^(H)How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?
⁵^(I)You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
⁶You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷Restore us, O God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!

⁸You have brought ^(J)a vine out of Egypt;
^(K)You have cast out the ^[c]nations, and planted it.
⁹You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
¹⁰The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the ^[d]mighty cedars with its ^(L)boughs.
¹¹She sent out her boughs to ^[e]the Sea,
And her branches to ^[f]the River.

¹²Why have You ^(M)broken down her ^[g]hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
¹³The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.

¹⁴Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;
^(N)Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
¹⁵And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong ^(O)for Yourself.
¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
^(P)They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
¹⁷^(Q)Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸Then we will not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.