October 19, 2025, Psalm 80:1-19
October 19, 2025, Psalm 80:1-19
80 Give
ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who
lead Joseph like a flock.
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and
Benjamin and Manasseh,
stir up your might
and come
to save us!
3 Restore
us, O God;
let your
face shine, that we may be saved!
4 O Lord God of hosts,
how long
will you be angry with your people's prayers?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears
and
given them tears to drink in full measure.
6 You make us an object of contention for
our neighbors,
and our
enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Restore
us, O God of hosts;
let your
face shine, that we may be saved!
8 You
brought a vine out of Egypt;
you drove
out the nations and planted it.
9 You cleared the ground for it;
it took
deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
the
mighty cedars with its branches.
11 It sent out its branches to the sea
and its
shoots to the River.
12 Why then have you broken down its walls,
so that
all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 The boar from the forest ravages it,
and all
that move in the field feed on it.
14 Turn
again, O God of hosts!
Look
down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
15 the stock that your right
hand planted,
and for
the son whom you made strong for yourself.
16 They have burned it with fire; they
have cut it down;
may they
perish at the rebuke of your face!
17 But let your hand be on the man of your right
hand,
the son
of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
18 Then we shall not turn back from you;
give us
life, and we will call upon your name!
19 Restore
us, O Lord God of hosts!
Let your
face shine, that we may be saved!
Does it
seem as if ungodly people are able to harm you or your church without God’s
intervening in your defense? Have we seen evidence of this in our nation? Do we
cry out to God and wait patiently for Him to answer? Think about this Psalm as
you watch the world around you. Verse 19 would be an excellent prayer to God
for believers today. “Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine,
that we may be saved!”
Debbie
Walker
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