Psalm 80²²

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style;²³ a psalm of Asaph
80:1 O shepherd of Israel, pay attention,
you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep!
You who sit enthroned above the winged angels,¹ reveal your splendor!²
80:2 In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh reveal³ your power!
Come and deliver us!⁴
80:3 O God, restore us!
Smile on us!⁵ Then we will be delivered!⁶
80:4 O LORD God, invincible warrior!⁷
How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?⁸
80:5 You have given them tears as food,⁹
you have made them drink tears by the measure.¹⁰
80:6 You have made our neighbors dislike us,¹¹
and our enemies insult us.
80:7 O God, invincible warrior,¹² restore us!
Smile on us!¹³ Then we will be delivered!¹⁴
80:8 You uprooted a vine¹⁵ from Egypt,
you drove out nations and transplanted it.
80:9 You cleared the ground for it;¹⁶
it took root,¹⁷
and filled the land.
80:10 The mountains were covered by its shadow,
the highest cedars¹⁸ by its branches.
80:11 Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea,
and its shoots the Euphrates River.¹⁹
80:12 Why did you break down its walls,²⁰
so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?²¹
80:13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it,²²
the animals²³ of the field feed on it.
80:14 O God, invincible warrior,²⁴ come back!
Look down from heaven and take notice!
Take care of this vine,
80:15 the root²⁵ your right hand planted,
the shoot you made grow!²⁶
80:16 It is burned²⁷ and cut down.
They die because you are displeased with them.²⁸
80:17 May you give support to the one you have chosen,²⁹
to the one whom you raised up for yourself!³⁰
80:18 Then we will not turn away from you.
Revive us and we will pray to you!³¹
80:19 O LORD God, invincible warrior,³² restore us!
Smile on us!³³ Then we will be delivered!³⁴