Psalms 80:1-13

¹For the music director. A psalm of Asaph. To the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.” Please hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead the descendants of Joseph like a flock. You who sit on your throne above the cherubim, shine out

²in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Gather together your power and come to save us!

³God, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.

⁴Lord God Almighty, how long will you be angry with the prayers of your people?

⁵You fed them with the bread of tears, and gave them a full bowl of tears to drink.

⁶You turn us into victims our neighbors fight over; our enemies mock us.

⁷God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved!

⁸You carried us out of Egypt like a vine. You drove out the heathen nations, and then you planted the vine.

⁹You prepared the ground for the vine. It took root and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered by its shade; its branches covered the great cedars.

¹¹It sent its branches as far west as the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots as far east as the Euphrates River.

¹²So why have you broken down the walls that protect it so that everyone who passes by can steal its fruit?

¹³Wild pigs from the forest eat it, wild animals feed on it.