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¹⁵O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee;

Look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,

¹⁶And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted,

And the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.

¹⁷It is burned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.

¹⁸Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand,

Upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.

¹⁹So shall we not turn back from Thee;

Quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.

²⁰O Lord God of hosts, restore us;

Cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

81 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.

²Sing aloud unto God our strength;

Shout unto the God of Jacob.

³Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel,

The sweet harp with the psaltery.

⁴Blow the horn at the new moon,

At the full moon for our feast-day.

⁵For it is a statute for Israel,

An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁶He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,

When He went forth against the land of Egypt.

The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:

 

⁷'I removed his shoulder from the burden;

His hands were freed from the basket.

⁸Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee;

I answered thee in the secret place of thunder;

I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah

⁹Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee:

O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!

¹⁰There shall no strange god be in thee;

Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

¹¹I am the Lord thy God,

Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt;

Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

 

¹²But My people hearkened not to My voice;

And Israel would none of Me.

¹³So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart,

That they might walk in their own counsels.

¹⁴Oh that My people would hearken unto Me,

That Israel would walk in My ways!

¹⁵I would soon subdue their enemies,

And turn My hand against their adversaries.

¹⁶The haters of the Lord should dwindle away before Him;

And their punishment should endure for ever.

¹⁷They should also be fed with the fat of wheat;

And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'

82 A Psalm of Asaph.

God standeth in the congregation of God;

In the midst of the judges He judgeth:

²'How long will ye judge unjustly,

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