- 1To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
- 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
- 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- 4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
- 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
- 6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
- 7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
- 9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
- 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
- 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
- 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
- 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
- 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
- 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
- 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
- 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
- 18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
- 19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
KING JAMES VERSION
PSALMS 80
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Psalms 80 — Israel’s Shepherd is asked to shine, restore His people, and revisit the vine once planted and now exposed to destruction.
About this illustration
The nation is represented by the psalm’s vine; the cherubim and “man of thy right hand” are not given speculative bodily forms.
Scripture basis: Psalms 80:1–19King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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