Psalm 80

1. O Israel’s Shepherd, hear our pleading, / O Thou who Joseph’s flock art leading, / Enthroned above the cherubim! / Shine forth before Thy Ephraim, / Show Benjamin, Manasseh light! / Come, save us, God! Stir up Thy might!

2. How long wilt Thou with indignation / Ignore Thy people’s supplication? / Tears are the bread of Israel; / Thou givest tears to drink as well. / Thou makest us to suffer scorn; / Our neighbors’ jeering we have borne.

3. LORD God of hosts, wilt Thou restore us; / Cause then Thy face to shine before us. / From servitude in Egypt’s land / Didst Thou bring out a vine to plant. / Where other nations dwelt before / Thou plantedst it for evermore. / W. W. J. VanOene & William Helder, 1972