微读圣经

Psalm 80

A Prayer for Restoration

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”80:0 Ps 45; 60; 69 A testimony of Asaph.80:0 1Ch 16:5,7 A psalm.

1Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock;80:1 Ezk 34:11,16,31

you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,80:1 Ps 99:1

shine80:1 Dt 33:2; Ps 94:1

2on Ephraim,

Benjamin, and Manasseh.80:2 Nm 2:17–24

Rally your power and come to save us.80:2 Ps 35:23; 106:47; 118:25

3Restore us, God;

make your face shine on us,80:3 Nm 6:25

so that we may be saved.80:3 Ps 60:1; 85:4; Lm 5:21

4 Lord God of Armies,

how long will you be angry

with your people’s prayers?80:4 Ps 74:10; 79:5; 85:5

5You fed them the bread of tears

and gave them a full measure80:5 Lit a one-third measure

of tears to drink.80:5 Ps 102:9; Is 30:20; Hs 9:4

6You put us at odds with our neighbors;

our enemies mock us.80:6 Ps 44:13; 79:4

7Restore us, God of Armies;

make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.80:7 Ps 60:1; Lm 5:21

8You dug up a vine from Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.80:8 Jr 2:21; 32:41

9You cleared a place for it;

it took root and filled the land.80:9 Am 9:15

10The mountains were covered by its shade,

and the mighty cedars80:10 Lit the cedars of God with its branches.80:10 Ezk 17:22–24

11It sent out sprouts toward the Sea80:11 = the Mediterranean

and shoots toward the River.80:11 = the Euphrates80:11 Ex 23:31; Dt 11:24; Ps 72:8

12Why have you broken down its walls

so that all who pass by pick its fruit?80:12 Ps 89:40; Is 5:5

13Boars from the forest tear at it

and creatures of the field feed on it.80:13 Jr 5:6

14Return, God of Armies.80:14 Ps 6:4; 90:13

Look down from heaven and see;

take care of this vine,

15the root80:15 Hb obscure your right hand planted,

the son80:15 Or shoot that you made strong for yourself.80:14–15 Is 63:15

16It was cut down and burned;

they80:16 Or may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.80:16 Ps 39:11; 76:6; Is 33:12

17Let your hand be with the man at your right hand,

with the son of man

you have made strong for yourself.80:17 Ps 89:21

18Then we will not turn away from you;

revive us, and we will call on your name.80:18 Ps 71:20; 85:6

19Restore us, Lord, God of Armies;80:19 Ps 60:1; 85:4; Lm 5:21

make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.80:19 Mal 1:9

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