Psalms 80
80
Rescue and Restore
For the Pure and Shining One
Asaph’s poetic song To the tune of “Your Decrees Are like Lilies”
1God-Enthroned, be revealed in splendor
as you ride upon the cherubim!
How perfectly you lead us, a people set free. # 80:1 Or “You lead Joseph like a flock.” Joseph, as a metaphor, becomes a picture of the saga of God’s people once imprisoned and now set free to rule and reign.
Loving shepherd of Israel—listen to our hearts’ cry!
Shine forth from your throne of dazzling light.
2In the sight of Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, # 80:2 The Hebrew text includes the names Ephraim (“doubly fruitful”), Benjamin (“son of my right hand”), and Manasseh (“you made me forget”). These three sons of Rachel marched together behind the ark of glory (see Num. 2:17–24) and became representatives of all who follow the glory of God. They will be “doubly fruitful,” “sons of his right hand,” and those who have “forgotten” their lives in Adam.
stir up your mighty power in full display before our eyes.
Break through and reveal yourself by coming to our rescue.
3Revive us, O God! Let your beaming face shine upon us
with the sunrise rays of glory;
then nothing will be able to stop us.
4O God, the mighty Commander of Angel Armies,
how much longer will you smolder in anger?
How much longer will you be disgusted with your people
even when they pray?
5You have fed us with sorrow and grief
and made us drink our tears by the bowlful.
6You’ve made us a thorn in the side of all the neighboring lands,
and now they just laugh at us with their mocking scorn.
7Come back, come back, O God, and restore us!
You are the Commander of Angel Armies.
Let your beaming face shine upon us with the sunrise rays of glory,
and then nothing will be able to stop us!
8-9Remember how you transplanted us here
like a tender vine from Egypt.
You cleared the land for your vineyard,
evicting the nations from your land and planting us here.
The roots of your vineyard went deep into the soil
and filled the land with fruit.
10-11Because of your favor on your vineyard,
blessing extended to every mountain of influence.
Through this flourishing vineyard mighty ones were raised up.
The nations were blessed by your fruitful vineyard of Israel,
all the way from the Mediterranean Sea # 80:10–11 This translation makes explicit the symbols in the text. The “vineyard” is Israel, the mountains are the high places of influence in culture, the cedars (“mighty ones”) are the mighty and powerful of men, and the “Sea” speaks of the nations (sea of humanity). to the Euphrates.
12-13So Lord, why have you broken down
your fence of favor around us?
Trespassers can steal the fruit from off our vines,
and now every wild beast comes
breaking through our wall to ravage us.
You’ve left us without protection!
14Come back, come back, O God to restore us!
You are the Commander of Angel Armies.
Look down from heaven and see our crisis.
Come down and care for your lovely vineyard once again.
15Nurture our root and our fruit with your loving care.
Raise up the Branch-Man, the Son whom you’ve made strong.
16Enemies chopped down our vine and set it on fire;
now show them your anger and let them perish by your frown.
17Strengthen this Branch-Man, the Son of your love,
the Son of Man who dwells at your right hand.
18Then we will never turn back from you.
Revive us again, that we may trust in you.
19O God, the mighty Commander of Angel Armies,
come back and rescue us!
Let your beaming face shine upon us
with the sunrise rays of glory.
Then nothing will ever stop us again!
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PSALM 80
1 To victory; this psalm is the wit-nessing of Asaph for lilies. Thou that governest Israel, give attention; that leadest forth Joseph as a sheep. Thou that sittest on cherubim, be showed
2before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Stir thy power, and come thou, that thou make us safe.
3God of virtues, turn [or convert] thou us; and show thy face, and we shall be safe.
4Lord God of virtues, how long shalt thou be wroth on the prayer of thy servants?
5 How long shalt thou feed us with the bread of tears; and shalt give drink to us with tears in great measure?
6Thou hast set [or put] us into against-saying to our neighbours; and our enemies have scorned us.
7God of virtues, turn [or convert] thou us; and show thy face, and we shall be safe.
8Thou translatedest or brought over a vine from Egypt; thou castedest out heathen men, and plantedest it.
9Thou were leader of the way in the sight thereof; and thou plantedest the roots thereof, and it filled the land.
10The shadow thereof covered hills; and the branches thereof filled the cedars of God.
11It stretched forth his scions till to the sea, and the generations thereof till to the flood.
12Why hast thou destroyed the wall thereof; and all men that go forth by the way, gather away the grapes thereof?
13A boar of the wood destroyed it; and a singular wild beast devoured it.
14God of virtues, be thou turned again to us; behold from heaven, and see, and visit this vine.
15And make thou it perfect, which thy right hand planted; and behold thou on the son of man, which thou hast confirmed to thee.
16Things were burnt with fire, and undermined; they who did this shall perish for the blaming of thy cheer.
17Thine hand be made on the man of thy right hand; and on the son of man, whom thou hast confirmed to thee.
18And we departed not from thee; thou shalt quicken us, and we shall inwardly call thy name.
19Lord God of virtues, turn thou us; and show thy face, and we shall be safe.
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