Psalm 80

Restore the Vine

Israel is pictured as a grapevine that God planted from Egypt. But now the vine is broken down and being eaten by animals. Three times the psalm cries: 'Restore us, O God! Make Your face shine on us, that we may be saved!'

¹Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
²before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken Your might; come and save us.
³Restore us, O God; make Your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
⁴O LORD God Almighty, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
⁵You have fed them with the bread of tears; You have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
⁶You have made us an object of contention to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
⁷Restore us, O God Almighty; make Your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
⁸You transplanted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.
⁹You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹Its branches reached as far as the Sea, its shoots as far as the River.
¹²Why have You broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
¹³Boars from the forest ravage it and insects from the fields feed on it.
¹⁴Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
¹⁵the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
¹⁶Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at Your rebuke Your people perish.
¹⁷Let Your hand rest on the man at Your right hand, the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
¹⁸Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
¹⁹Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make Your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB)