Psalms - Chapter 080

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For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph.

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Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.

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O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

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O the Lord God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?

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Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

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Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please.

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O God of hosts, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

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Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.

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Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.

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The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.

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She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.

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Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?

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The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.

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O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,

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And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.

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It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.

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Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.

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So shall we not turn back from Thee; quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.

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O the Lord God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

-- Psalms - Chapter 080 --