Israel as a Vine
Psalm 80:8–20
Biblical Period
8O God of hosts, restore us;
show Your favor that we may be delivered.
9You plucked up a vine from Egypt;
You expelled nations and planted it.
10You cleared a place for it;
it took deep root and filled the land.
11The mountains were covered by its shade,
mighty cedars by its boughs.
12Its branches reached the sea,
its shoots, the river.
13Why did You breach its wall
so that every passerby plucks its fruit,
14wild boars gnaw at it,
and creatures of the field feed on it?
15O God of hosts, turn again,
look down from heaven and see;
take note of that vine,
16the stock planted by Your right hand,
the stema you have taken as Your own.
17For it is burned by fire and cut down,
perishing before Your angry blast.
18Grant Your helpb to the man at Your right hand,
the one You have taken as Your own.
19We will not turn away from You;
preserve our life that we may invoke Your name.
20O Lord, God of hosts, restore us;
show Your favor that we may be delivered.
Notes
Lit. “son.”
Lit. “hand.”
Credits
Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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