80:1 *[For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.] Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth / *In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.
80:2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
80:3 Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
80:4 How long, Lord God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
80:6 You have made us an object of derision* to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us. / *Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention
80:7 Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
80:8 You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
80:9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
80:10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
80:11 Its branches reached as far as the Sea,* its shoots as far as the River.** / *Probably the Mediterranean / **That is, the Euphrates
80:12 Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
80:13 Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.
80:14 Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
80:15 the root your right hand has planted, the son* you have raised up for yourself. / *Or branch
80:16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
80:17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
80:18 Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
80:19 Restore us, Lord God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.