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New Testament
Psalm 80
Psalm 80
Hear, O Shepherd of Israel
By Asaph. A psalm.
Opening Plea
1O Shepherd of Israel, give ear,
you who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who are seated above the cherubim, shine forth.
2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
stir up your might.
Come with salvation for us.
Refrain
3God, restore us, and make your face shine,
so we will be saved.
The Problem
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Lord God of Armies, how long will your anger smoke
against the prayer of your people?
5You make them eat bread with tears,
6You create strife between us and our neighbors,
so our enemies join together in mocking us.
Refrain
7God of Armies, restore us, and make your face shine,
so we will be saved.
Past Blessing
8You brought a vine out from Egypt.
You drove out the nations, and you planted it.
9You cleared a place for it,
and it took root and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered by its shade,
the cedars of God with its branches.
Present Judgment
12Why have you broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
13A wild boar from the forest tears it up,
Prayer for the King
14God of Armies, return now!
Look down from heaven and see,
and take care of this vine,
15the shoot that your right hand has planted,
the son that you made strong for yourself.
Because of the rebuke from your face they perish.
17Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
18Then we will not turn away from you.
Cause us to live, and we will call on your name.
Refrain
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Lord God of Armies, restore us, and make your face shine,
so we will be saved.
Footnotes
- 80:0 This may be the name of the tune.
- 80:0 Or “Lilies of the Testimony”
- 80:5 Literally by a third [of a bath?].
- 80:11 Very likely, the Mediterranean
- 80:11 The Euphrates
- 80:13 Or insects
- 80:16 The Hebrew word translated like garbage is emended by some translations into a verb meaning they cut it down, but this seems unlikely because it would place the cutting down after the burning.
- 80:17 Though this psalm has a concern for the northern kingdom of Israel, this verse seems to refer to the Davidic king. Faithful northerners still looked for the Messiah, who would come from Judah.