1 
 Hear  us, 
Shepherd of  Israel,you  who  lead 
Joseph like  a  flock,you  who  sit  above  the  cherubim,  shine  out.  
+2 
 Before 
Ephraim and 
Benjamin and  Manasseh,  stir  up  your  might!Come  to  save  us!  
+3 
 Turn  us  again,  God.Cause  your  face  to  shine,and  we  will  be  saved.  +
4 
 The  LORD  God  of  Armies,How  long  will  you  be  angry  against  the 
prayer of  your  people?  
+5 
 You  have  fed  them  with  the 
bread of  tears,and  given  them  tears  to 
drink in  large  measure.  
+6 
 You  make  us  a  source  of  contention  to  our  neighbors.Our  enemies  laugh  among  themselves.  +
7 
 Turn  us  again,  God  of  Armies.Cause  your  face  to  shine,and  we  will  be  saved.  
8 
 You  brought  a  vine  out  of  Egypt.You  drove  out  the  nations,  and  planted  it.  +
9 
 You  cleared  the  ground  for  it.It  took  deep  root,  and  filled  the  land.  
10 
 The  mountains  were  covered  with  its  shadow.Its  boughs  were  like  God's  cedars.  
11 
 It  sent  out  its  branches  to  the  sea,Its  shoots  to  the  River.  
12 
 Why  have  you  broken  down  its  walls,so  that  all  those  who  pass  by  the  way  pluck  it?  +
13 
 The  boar  out  of  the  wood  ravages  it.The  wild  animals  of  the 
field feed  on  it.  
+14 
 Turn  again,  we  beg  you,  God  of  Armies.Look  down  from  heaven,  and  see,  and  visit  this  vine,  +
15 
 the  stock  which  your  right  hand  planted,the 
branch that  you  made  strong  for  yourself.  
+16 
 It's  burned  with  fire.It's  cut  down.They  perish  at  your  rebuke.  +
17 
 Let  your  hand  be  on  the  man  of  your  right  hand,on  the  son  of  man  whom  you  made  strong  for  yourself.  +
18 
 So  we  will  not  turn  away  from  you.Revive  us,  and  we  will  call  on  your  name.  +
19 
 Turn  us  again,  the  LORD  God  of  Armies.Cause  your  face  to  shine,  and  we  will  be  saved.  +
 
            
Ps 80:1-19. Shoshannim--"Lilies" (see on Ps 45:1, title). Eduth--Testimony, referring to the topic as a testimony of God to His people (compare Ps 19:7). This Psalm probably relates to the captivity of the ten tribes, as the former to that of Judah. Its complaint is aggravated by the contrast of former prosperity, and the prayer for relief occurs as a refrain through the Psalm.
1, 2. Joseph--for Ephraim (1Ch 7:20-29; Ps 78:67; Re 7:8), for Israel.
Shepherd--(Compare Ge 49:24).
leadest, &c.-- (Ps 77:20).
dwellest . . . cherubim-- (Ex 25:20); the place of God's visible glory, whence He communed with the people (Heb 9:5).
shine forth--appear (Ps 50:2; 94:1).