Psalm 80

Psalm 80

Amplified Bible (AMP)

Psalm 80

To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] "Lilies, a Testimony." A Psalm of Asaph.

 ¹GIVE EAR, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock; You Who sit enthroned upon the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth    ²Before ^[a]Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Stir up Your might, and come to save us!
    ³Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved!
    ⁴O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people's prayers?
    ⁵You have fed them with the bread of tears, and You have given them tears to drink in large measure.
    ⁶You make us a strife and scorn to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
    ⁷Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved!
    ⁸You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan].
    ⁹You prepared room before it, and it took deep root and it filled the land.
    ¹⁰The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God].
    ¹¹[Israel] sent out its boughs to the [Mediterranean] Sea and its branches to the [Euphrates] River.^{(A)
    12}Why have You broken down its hedges and walls so that all who pass by pluck from its fruit?
    ¹³The boar out of the wood wastes it and the wild beast of the field feeds on it.
    ¹⁴Turn again, we beseech You, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven and see, visit, and have regard for this vine!
    ¹⁵[Protect and maintain] the stock which Your right hand planted, and the branch (the son) that You have reared and made strong for Yourself.
    ¹⁶They have burned it with fire, it is cut down; may they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
    ¹⁷Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.
    ¹⁸Then will we not depart from You; revive us (give us life) and we will call upon Your name.
    ¹⁹Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine [in pleasure, approval, and favor on us], and we shall be saved!
   

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 80:2 It is supposed that these three tribes represented the whole twelve tribes of Israel, Benjamin being incorporated with Judah, Manasseh embracing the country beyond the Jordan, and Ephraim the remainder. It was natural for the Israelites to think of the three in one group, for they had camped together on the west side of the tabernacle during the years in the wilderness, and also they were the only descendants of Jacob's wife Rachel.

Cross references:

1. Psalm 80:11 : I Kings 4:21