Psalms 80:1-9 ▼

1 {To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.

3 O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

4 Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?

5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:

6 Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.

7 Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:

9 Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;