| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. | | The Psalms | | 80 |
A Prayer for Restoration |
| To the chief Musician upon Shoshan'nim–e'duth, A Psalm of Asaph. |
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Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
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thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; |
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thou that dwellest between the cherubim, Ex. 25.22 shine forth. |
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Before E'phra-im and Benjamin and Manas'seh
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stir up thy strength, |
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and come and save us. |
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Turn us again, O God,
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and cause thy face to shine; |
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and we shall be saved. |
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O LORD God of hosts,
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how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? |
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Thou feedest them with the bread of tears;
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and givest them tears to drink in great measure. |
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Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors:
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and our enemies laugh among themselves. |
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Turn us again, O God of hosts,
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and cause thy face to shine; |
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and we shall be saved. |
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Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt:
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thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. |
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Thou preparedst room before it,
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and didst cause it to take deep root, |
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and it filled the land. |
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The hills were covered with the shadow of it,
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and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. |
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She sent out her boughs unto the sea,
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and her branches unto the river. |
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Why hast thou then broken down her hedges,
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so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? |
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The boar out of the wood doth waste it,
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and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. |
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Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts:
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look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; |
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and the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,
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and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. |
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It is burned with fire, it is cut down:
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they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. |
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Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,
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upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. |
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So will not we go back from thee:
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quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. |
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Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts,
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cause thy face to shine; |
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and we shall be saved. |
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