Psalms 80 : 1 (NLT)
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
Psalms 80 : 2 (NLT)
to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us!
Psalms 80 : 3 (NLT)
Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
Psalms 80 : 4 (NLT)
O LORD God of Heaven's Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers?
Psalms 80 : 5 (NLT)
You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
Psalms 80 : 6 (NLT)
You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
Psalms 80 : 7 (NLT)
Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven's Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
Psalms 80 : 8 (NLT)
You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
Psalms 80 : 9 (NLT)
You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
Psalms 80 : 10 (NLT)
Our shade covered the mountains; our branches covered the mighty cedars.
Psalms 80 : 11 (NLT)
We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea; our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River.
Psalms 80 : 12 (NLT)
But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
Psalms 80 : 13 (NLT)
The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it.
Psalms 80 : 14 (NLT)
Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven's Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine
Psalms 80 : 15 (NLT)
that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
Psalms 80 : 16 (NLT)
For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
Psalms 80 : 17 (NLT)
Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.
Psalms 80 : 18 (NLT)
Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
Psalms 80 : 19 (NLT)
Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven's Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.
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