PSAL. LXXX. To the chief Musician upon Sshannim Eduth a Psalm of Asaph

Thou that lead'st Joseph as a flock, O if 'els shepherd hear. Who dwell'st between the Cherubims, O shine thou forth most clear. Ephraim before and Benjamin, Manassehs tribe also. O stir thou up thy strength and come for us salvation show.

O God return thou us again, and cause thy countenance To shine forth upon us, that we may have deliverance. Lord God of hosts how long wilt thou smoak 'gainst Thy peoples prayers 5 Thou makest them to feed upon the bread of mournful tears.

And giv'st them many tears to drink, Our Neighbours strife like wise Thou mak'st us, & amongst themselves do laugh our enemies O God of hosts turn us again, and cause Thy countenance To shine forth upon us, so we shall have deliverance

From Egypt thou hast brought a vine, forth also thou didst cast The heathen people, in their room the same thou planted hast. Yea, thou before it didst prepare a room where it may stand: Thou didst it cause deep root to take, and it did fill the land.

Her shade hid hills, her boughs also like goodly cedars stood. She sent her boughs unto the sea, her branches to the flood. O why then hast thou broken down her hedges utterly, So that all those do pluck at her that in the way pass by?

The Boar out of the wilderness doth wasting it annoy. And wild beasts of the field the same devouringly destroy. We do beseech thee to return, O God of Hosts, incline To look from heaven, and behold, and visit thou this vine.

The Vineyard which thou hast also with thy right-hand set fast: That branch likewise which for thy self confirm'dst thou strongly hast, It is consumed with the fire, and utterly cut down: They perish do, and that because thy countenance doth frown.

Upon the man of thy right-hand thine hand let present be. Upon the son of man whom thou hast made so strong for thee. So from henceforth we never will from thee go back at all: O do thou quicken us, and we upon Thy Name will call.

Lord God of hosts, turn us again, and cause thy countenance To shine forth upon us, so we shall have deliverance.