Restore Us, O God
To the choirmaster: according to Ps. 60, titleLilies. A Testimony. Of Ps. 50, titleAsaph, a Psalm.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Ps. 78:67;81:5Joseph like [Ps. 95:7]; See Ps. 77:20a flock.
You who are Ps. 99:1;Ex. 25:22;1 Sam. 4:4;2 Sam. 6:2enthroned upon the cherubim, See Ps. 50:2shine forth.
2 Before See Num. 2:18-24Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
See Ps. 35:23stir up your might
and [Ps. 118:14,21]come to save us!
3 ver. 19;Ps. 60:1;85:4;Lam. 5:21Restore us,80:3 Or Turn us again; also verses 7, 19 O God;
Num. 6:25;See Ps. 4:6let your face shine, that we may be saved!
4 O See Ps. 59:5Lord God of hosts,
[Ps. 74:10;79:5]how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?
5 You have fed them with Ps. 42:3;102:9;[1 Kgs. 22:27;Isa. 30:20]the bread of tears
and given them tears to drink in full measure.
6 See Ps. 44:13You make us an object of contention for our See Ps. 44:13neighbors,
and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 [See ver. 3above]Restore us, O God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved!
8 You brought Isa. 5:1;27:2;Jer. 2:21;12:10;Ezek. 17:6;Matt. 21:33;Mark 12:1;Luke 20:9a vine out of Egypt;
you See Ps. 44:2drove out the nations and planted it.
9 You [Josh. 24:12]cleared the ground for it;
it took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 It sent out its branches to See Ps. 72:8the sea
and its shoots to See Ps. 72:8the River.80:11 That is, the Euphrates
12 Why then have you Ps. 89:40;Isa. 5:5broken down its walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 [Jer. 5:6]The boar from the forest ravages it,
and all that move in the field feed on it.
14 Turn again, O God of hosts!
[Isa. 63:15]Look down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
15 the stock that your right hand planted,
and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
16 They have Isa. 33:12burned it with fire; they have Isa. 33:12cut it down;
may they perish at Ps. 76:6;[Ps. 39:11]the rebuke of your face!
17 But Ps. 89:21let your hand be on the man of your right hand,
the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
18 Then we shall not turn back from you;
See Ps. 71:20give us life, and we will call upon your name!
19 ver. 3, 7Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!
Let your face shine, that we may be saved!