Psalms 79

¹Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.

²Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

³Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.

⁴Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.

⁵O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?

⁶How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?

⁷Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

⁸O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.

⁹Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.

¹⁰Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.

¹¹The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.

¹²It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.

¹³Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?

¹⁴The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.

¹⁵Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:

¹⁶And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.

¹⁷Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

¹⁸Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.

¹⁹And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.

²⁰O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.