Psalm 80:8-18

Expanded Bible

⁸ You brought ·us out of Egypt as if we were a vine [^La vine out of Egypt; Gen. 49:22; Is. 5:1–7; 27:2–6; Jer. 2:21; 12:10; Ezek. 15:1–8; 19:10–14; Hos. 10:1].
    You ·forced out [dispossessed] other nations and planted us in the land.
⁹ You cleared the ground for us.
    We took root and filled the land.
¹⁰ We covered the mountains with our shade.
    We had branches like the mighty cedar tree.
¹¹ Our branches reached the Mediterranean Sea,
    and our shoots went to the Euphrates River.

¹² So why did you ·pull [break] down our walls?
    Now everyone who passes by ·steals from us [picks our fruit].
¹³ Like ·wild pigs [^Lboars of the forest] they ·walk over us [ravage us; gobble us up];
    like ·wild animals [^Lcreatures of the field] they feed on us.

¹⁴ God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts], ·come back [restore us].
    Look down from heaven and see.
Take care of us, your vine.
¹⁵ You planted this ·shoot [root] with your own hands
    and strengthened this child [^Cthe king].
¹⁶ Now it is cut down and burned with fire;
    you destroyed us by ·your angry looks [^Lthe rebuke of your face].
¹⁷ ·With your hand,
    strengthen the one you have chosen for yourself [^LLet your hand be on the man of your right hand; ^Cthe king].
¹⁸ Then we will not ·turn away from [deviate from; be disloyal to] you.
    Give us life again, and we will call ·to you for help [^Lon your name].