80:1 | Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth |
80:2 | before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us. |
80:3 | Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
80:4 | O LORD God Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people? |
80:5 | You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. |
80:6 | You have made us a source of contention to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us. |
80:7 | Restore us, O God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
80:8 | You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. |
80:9 | You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. |
80:10 | The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. |
80:11 | It sent out its boughs to the Sea, its shoots as far as the River. |
80:12 | Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes? |
80:13 | Boars from the forest ravage it and the creatures of the field feed on it. |
80:14 | Return to us, O God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, |
80:15 | the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself. |
80:16 | Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish. |
80:17 | Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself. |
80:18 | Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name. |
80:19 | Restore us, O LORD God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
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