For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.

80:1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,

you who lead Joseph like a flock,

you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.

80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might!

Come to save us!

80:3 Turn us again, God.

Cause your face to shine,

and we will be saved.

80:4 Yahweh God of Armies,

How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears,

and given them tears to drink in large measure.

80:6 You make us a source of contention to our neighbors.

Our enemies laugh among themselves.

80:7 Turn us again, God of Armies.

Cause your face to shine,

and we will be saved.

80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt.

You drove out the nations, and planted it.

80:9 You cleared the ground for it.

It took deep root, and filled the land.

80:10 The mountains were covered with its shadow.

Its boughs were like God's cedars.

80:11 It sent out its branches to the sea,

Its shoots to the River.

80:12 Why have you broken down its walls,

so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

80:13 The boar out of the wood ravages it.

The wild animals of the field feed on it.

80:14 Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies.

Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

80:15 the stock which your right hand planted,

the branch that you made strong for yourself.

80:16 It's burned with fire.

It's cut down.

They perish at your rebuke.

80:17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand,

on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

80:18 So we will not turn away from you.

Revive us, and we will call on your name.

80:19 Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies.

Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.