The Book of Psalms

Chapter 80

American Standard Version

Ps 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.
Ps 80:2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.
Ps 80:3Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 80:4O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Ps 80:5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
Ps 80:6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
Ps 80:7Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 80:8Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
Ps 80:9Thou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.
Ps 80:10The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.
Ps 80:11It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.
Ps 80:12Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
Ps 80:13The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
Ps 80:14Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,
Ps 80:15And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Ps 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Ps 80:17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Ps 80:18So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.
Ps 80:19Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.