Psalms 80:1-9

¹To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. — A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs — shine forth,

²Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.

³O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

⁴Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

⁵Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

⁶Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.

⁷God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

⁸A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

⁹Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,