1901 American Standard Version (ASV)

Psalms 80

1 The psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the miseries of the Church. 8 God's former favours are turned into judgments. 14 He prayeth for deliverance.

 80:1 ¶ [[For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.]] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.

 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.

 80:3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

 80:4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

 80:5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

 80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

 80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

 80:8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

 80:9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

 80:10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.

 80:11 It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

 80:12 Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

 80:14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

 80:15 And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

 80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

 80:18 So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

 80:19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.