Psalm 80Psalms80

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1. Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

2. 1KJVTo the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.BSBBSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
3. 2KJVBefore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.BSBBSB: before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
4. 3KJVTurn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.BSBBSB: Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
5. 4KJVO LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?BSBBSB: O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
6. 5KJVThou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.BSBBSB: You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
7. 6KJVThou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.BSBBSB: You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
8. 7KJVTurn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.BSBBSB: Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
9. 8KJVThou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.BSBBSB: You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
10. 9KJVThou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.BSBBSB: You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
11. 10KJVThe hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.BSBBSB: The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
12. 11KJVShe sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.BSBBSB: It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
13. 12KJVWhy hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?BSBBSB: Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
14. 13KJVThe boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.BSBBSB: The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
15. 14KJVReturn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;BSBBSB: Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
16. 15KJVAnd the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.BSBBSB: the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
17. 16KJVIt is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.BSBBSB: Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
18. 17KJVLet thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.BSBBSB: Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
19. 18KJVSo will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.BSBBSB: Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
20. 19KJVTurn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.BSBBSB: Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.