| Chapter 80 |
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Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock, You who sit above the cherubim, shine forth. --
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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might, Come to save us. --
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Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved. --
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Yahweh God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? --
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You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. --
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You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves. --
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Turn us again, God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved. --
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You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it. --
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You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land. --
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The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars. --
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It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River. --
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Why have you broken down its walls, So that all those who pass by the way pluck it? --
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The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it. --
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Turn again, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine, --
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The stock which your right hand planted, The branch that you made strong for yourself. --
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It is burned with fire. It is cut down. They perish at your rebuke. --
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Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, On the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. --
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So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name. --
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Turn us again, Yahweh God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph. --
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