RSV Psalms 80 Chapter
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To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who leadest Joseph like a flock! Thou who art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth
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before E'phraim and Benjamin and Manas'seh! Stir up thy might, and come to save us!
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Restore us, O God;let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
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O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people's prayers?
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Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure.
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Thou dost make us the scorn of our neighbors;and our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Restore us, O God of hosts;let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
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Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt;thou didst drive out the nations and plant it.
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Thou didst clear the ground for it;it took deep root and filled the land.
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The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;
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it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.
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Why then hast thou broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
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The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.
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Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see;have regard for this vine,
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the stock which thy right hand planted.
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They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down;may they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance!
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But let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself!
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Then we will never turn back from thee;give us life, and we will call on thy name!
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Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! let thy face shine, that we may be saved!