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Psalm 80
To the
chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of
Asaph.
1 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.
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Psalms
- The Book of David
The Book of Psalms which contains Psalm 80 is also referred to
as the Book of David. David reigned over Judah and Israel
was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel. King
David is credited with the authorship of many of the Psalms
and the collection is therefore often referred to as the
Book of David. |
