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