New Living Translation

Psalms • Chapter 80

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