Psalm of the Day                                                         Bread of Life                                                             Psalm 80:7-19

 

Psalm 80:7–19

₇Restore us, O | God of hosts;*

         let your face shine, that we | may be saved!

₈You brought a vine out of | Egypt;*

         you drove out the nations and | planted it.

₉You cleared the | ground for it;*

         it took deep root and | filled the land.

₁₀The mountains were covered | with its shade,*

         the mighty cedars with its | branches.

₁₁It sent out its branches | to the sea*

         and its shoots to the | River.

₁₂Why then have you broken | down its walls,*

         so that all who pass along the way | pluck its fruit?

₁₃The boar from the forest rav- | ages it,*

         and all that move in the field | feed on it.

₁₄Turn again, O | God of hosts!*

         Look down from | heaven,

and see; have regard for this vine,

₁₅the stock that your right hand | planted,*

         and for the son whom you made strong | for yourself.

₁₆They have burned it with fire; they have | cut it down;*

         may they perish at the rebuke | of your face!

₁₇But let your hand be on the man of your | right hand,*

         the son of man whom you have made strong | for yourself!

₁₈Then we shall not turn | back from you;*

         give us life, and we will call up- | on your name!

₁₉Restore us, O Lord | God of hosts!*

         Let your face shine, that we | may be saved!