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Psalm 80

^80:1 O Shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep. You who sit enthroned above the cherubim, reveal your splendor. ^80:2 In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power. Come and deliver us. ^80:3 O God, restore us. Smile on us. Then we will be delivered. ^80:4 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? ^80:5 You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure. ^80:6 You have made our neighbors dislike us and our enemies insult us. ^80:7 O God of Heaven’s Armies, restore us. Smile on us. Then we will be delivered. ^80:8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it. ^80:9 You cleared the ground for it; it took root and filled the land. ^80:10 The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches. ^80:11 Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River. ^80:12 Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? ^80:13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it. ^80:14 O God of Heaven’s Armies, come back. Look down from heaven and take notice. Take care of this vine, ^80:15 the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow. ^80:16 It is burned and cut down. May those who did this die because you are displeased with them. ^80:17 May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself. ^80:18 Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you. ^80:19 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, restore us. Smile on us. Then we will be delivered.

^80:19 For the music director, according to the gittith style; by Asaph.