Prayer for Israel’s Restoration

To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.”^[a] A Testimony^[a] of Asaph. A Psalm.

80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,You who lead Joseph like a flock;You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!² Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,Stir up Your strength,And come and save us!

³ Restore us, O God;Cause Your face to shine,And we shall be saved!

⁴ O Lord God of hosts,How long will You be angryAgainst the prayer of Your people?⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears,And given them tears to drink in great measure.⁶ You have made us a strife to our neighbors,And our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷ Restore us, O God of hosts;Cause Your face to shine,And we shall be saved!

⁸ You have brought a vine out of Egypt;You have cast out the nations, and planted it.⁹ You prepared room for it,And caused it to take deep root,And it filled the land.¹⁰ The hills were covered with its shadow,And the mighty cedars with its boughs.¹¹ She sent out her boughs to the Sea,^[c]And her branches to the River.^[d]

¹² Why have You broken down her hedges,So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?¹³ The boar out of the woods uproots it,And the wild beast of the field devours it.

¹⁴ Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;Look down from heaven and see,And visit this vine¹⁵ And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.¹⁶ It is burned with fire, it is cut down;They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.¹⁷ Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.¹⁸ Then we will not turn back from You;Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

¹⁹ Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;Cause Your face to shine,And we shall be saved!