“1 <<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.>>
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;
thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before
Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and]
save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved. 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry
against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of
tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us
a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall
be saved.”
“8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the
heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst
cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were
covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the
goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches
unto the river. 12 Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that
all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood
doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand
hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself. 16
[It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of
thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon
the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself. 18 So will not we
go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19 Turn
us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be
saved.” (Psalm 80:1-19 AV)
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