| Chapter 80 |
1 | {To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.
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2 | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.
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3 | O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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4 | Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
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5 | Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
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6 | Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
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7 | Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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8 | Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
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9 | Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
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10 | The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of łGod;
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11 | It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
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12 | Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
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13 | The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
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14 | O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
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15 | Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
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16 | It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
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17 | Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
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18 | So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
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19 | Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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