Psalms 80

Restore us, O God

Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory ²to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us! ³Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.a

⁴O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers? ⁵You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful. ⁶You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.

⁷Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. ⁸You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land. ⁹You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.

¹⁰Our shade covered the mountains; our branches covered the mighty cedars. ¹¹We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea; our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River. ¹²But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?

¹³The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it. ¹⁴Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine ¹⁵that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.

¹⁶For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown. ¹⁷Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.b ¹⁸Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.

¹⁹Turn us again to yourself, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.