80Psalms 80

PSAL. LXXX. / 1 The Psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the miseries of the Church. 8 Gods former fauours are turned into iudgements. 14 Hee prayeth for deliuerance. / To the chiefe Musician vpon Sh

1Giue eare, shepheard of Israel, thou that leadest Ioseph like a flocke, thou that dwellest betweene the Cherubims, shine forth.Select Psalms 80:1

2Before Ephraim and Beniamin, and Manasseh, stirre vp thy strength: and come and saue vs.Select Psalms 80:2

3Turne vs againe, O God: and cause thy face to shine, and we shall bee saued.Select Psalms 80:3

4O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou bee angry against the prayer of thy people?Select Psalms 80:4

5Thou feedest them with the bread of teares: and giuest them teares to drinke in great measure.Select Psalms 80:5

6Thou makest vs a strife vnto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselues.Select Psalms 80:6

7Turne vs againe, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saued.Select Psalms 80:7

8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.Select Psalms 80:8

9Thou preparedst roome before it: and didst cause it to take deepe root, and it filled the land.Select Psalms 80:9

10The hilles were couered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.Select Psalms 80:10

11She sent out her boughs vnto the Sea: and her branches vnto the riuer.Select Psalms 80:11

12Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges: so that all they which passe by the way, doe plucke her?Select Psalms 80:12

13The boare out of the wood doth waste it: and the wild beast of the field doth deuoure it.Select Psalms 80:13

14Returne, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: looke downe from heauen, and behold, and visit this vine:Select Psalms 80:14

15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted: and the branch that thou madest strong for thy selfe.Select Psalms 80:15

16It is burnt with fire, it is cut downe: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.Select Psalms 80:16

17Let thy hand be vpon the man of thy right hand: vpon the sonne of man, whom thou madest strong for thy selfe.Select Psalms 80:17

18So will not wee goe backe from thee: quicken vs, and we will call vpon thy Name.Select Psalms 80:18

19Turne vs againe, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and wee shall be saued.Select Psalms 80:19