Psalms 80 / 150
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(Restore Us, O God)To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock!
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
stir up your might
and come to save us!
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Restore us, O God;
let your face shine, that we may be saved!
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O Lord God of hosts,
how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
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You have fed them with the bread of tears
and given them tears to drink in full measure.
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You make us an object of contention for our neighbors,
and our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Restore us, O God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved!
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You brought a vine out of Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.
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You cleared the ground for it;
it took deep root and filled the land.
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The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
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It sent out its branches to the sea
and its shoots to the River.
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Why then have you broken down its walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
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The boar from the forest ravages it,
and all that move in the field feed on it.
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Turn again, O God of hosts!
Look down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
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the stock that your right hand planted,
and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
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They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down;
may they perish at the rebuke of your face!
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But let your hand be on the man of your right hand,
the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
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Then we shall not turn back from you;
give us life, and we will call upon your name!
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Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!
Let your face shine, that we may be saved!