Psalm 80

⁴ Yahweh God of Armies,
    how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears,
    and given them tears to drink in large measure.
⁶ You make us a source of contention to our neighbors.
    Our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷ Turn us again, God of Armies.
    Cause your face to shine,
    and we will be saved.

⁸ You brought a vine out of Egypt.
    You drove out the nations, and planted it.
⁹ You cleared the ground for it.
    It took deep root, and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shadow.
    Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
¹¹ It sent out its branches to the sea,
    its shoots to the River.
¹² Why have you broken down its walls,
    so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
¹³ The boar out of the wood ravages it.
    The wild animals of the field feed on it.
¹⁴ Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies.
    Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
¹⁵ the stock which your right hand planted,
    the branch that you made strong for yourself.
¹⁶ It’s burned with fire.
    It’s cut down.
    They perish at your rebuke.
¹⁷ Let your hand be on the man of your right hand,
    on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
¹⁸ So we will not turn away from you.
    Revive us, and we will call on your name.
¹⁹ Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies.
    Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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