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The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 80 -

We thank you, for your name is near

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Yahweh, you who lead us as a shepherd leads his flock of sheep, you who sit on your throne in the Very Holy Place in the temple, above the figures of winged creatures, come and do powerful things for us Israelite people.
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Show yourself to the people of the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
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God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; act kindly toward us so that we may be saved from our enemies!
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Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
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It is as though the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
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You have allowed the people groups that surround us to argue with each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take; they laugh at us.
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God, Commander of the angel armies, make our nation strong as it was before! Act kindly toward us so that we may be saved!
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Our ancestors were like a grapevine that you brought out of Egypt; you drove out the other people groups from this land, and you put your people in their land.
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As people clear ground to plant a grapevine, you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it. As the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread, you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land.
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As huge grapevines cover the hills with their shade and as their branches are taller than big cedar trees,
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your people ruled all of Canaan, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Euphrates River in the east.
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So why have you abandoned us and allowed our enemies to tear down our walls? You are like someone who tears down the fences around his vineyard, so that all the people who pass by can steal the grapes;
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wild pigs can trample the vines, and wild animals can also eat the grapes.
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You who are the Commander of the angel armies, turn to us! Look down from heaven and see what is happening to us! Come and rescue us who are like your grapevine,
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who are like the young vine that you planted and caused to grow!
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Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
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But strengthen us people whom you have chosen, us Israelite people, whom you previously caused to be very strong.
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When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; revive us, and then we will praise you.
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Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, restore us; act kindly toward us and rescue us from our enemies!

We thank you, for your name is near

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Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
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Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
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Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
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LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
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You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
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You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
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You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
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You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
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The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
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It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.
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Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
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The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
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Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
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the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
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It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
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Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
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So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
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Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.