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We are mocked by our neighbors,
an object of scorn and derision to those
around us.
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You have made us the scorn* of neighboring
nations.
Our enemies treat us as a joke.
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O Lord, how long will you be angry with us?
Forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out your wrath on the nations that
refuse to acknowledge you—
on kingdoms that do not call upon
your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel,*
making the land a desolate wilderness.
Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our
ancestors!
Let your compassion quickly meet
our needs,
for we are on the brink of despair.
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Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s
Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine;
you drove away the pagan nations and
transplanted us into your land.
You cleared the ground for us,
and we took root and filled the land.
Our shade covered the mountains;
our branches covered the mighty cedars.
We spread our branches west to the
Mediterranean Sea;
our shoots spread east to the Euphrates
River.*
But now, why have you broken down
our walls
so that all who pass by may steal
our fruit?
The wild boar from the forest devours it,
and the wild animals feed on it.
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Help us, O God of our salvation!
Help us for the glory of your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
for the honor of your name.
Why should pagan nations be allowed
to scoff,
asking, “Where is their God?”
Show us your vengeance against the
nations,
for they have spilled the blood of your
servants.
Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.
Demonstrate your great power by saving
those condemned to die.
O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at you.
Then we your people, the sheep of your
pasture,
will thank you forever and ever,
praising your greatness from generation
to generation.
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For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph,
to be sung to the tune “Lilies of the
Covenant.”
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Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph’s descendants
like a flock.
O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
display your radiant glory
to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Show us your mighty power.
Come to rescue us!
Turn us again to yourself, O God.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies,
how long will you be angry with our
prayers?
You have fed us with sorrow
and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
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Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s
Armies.
Look down from heaven and see our
plight.
Take care of this grapevine
that you yourself have planted,
this son you have raised for yourself.
For we are chopped up and burned by
our enemies.
May they perish at the sight of your
frown.
Strengthen the man you love,
the son of your choice.
Then we will never abandon you again.
Revive us so we can call on your name
once more.
Turn us again to yourself, O Lord God of
Heaven’s Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
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For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph,
to be accompanied by a stringed
instrument.*
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Sing praises to God, our strength.
Sing to the God of Jacob.
Sing! Beat the tambourine.
Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,
and again at full moon to call a festival!
For this is required by the decrees of Israel;
it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.
79:7 Hebrew devoured Jacob. See note on 44:4. 80:6 As in
Syriac version; Hebrew reads the strife. 80:11 Hebrew west
to the sea, . . . east to the river. 81:title Hebrew according
to the gittith.