Psalms 79

¹Unto the end, for them that shall be 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 out 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.