Psalm 80

A Prayer for Restoration

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”^(A) A testimony of Asaph.^(B) A psalm.

The Lord and His Sheep

23 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” ^(A) This is the Lord’s declaration. ² “Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend my people: You have scattered my flock,^(B) banished them, and have not attended to them.^(C) I am about to attend to you because of your evil acts”—this is the Lord’s declaration. ³ “I will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands where I have banished them,^(D) and I will return them to their grazing land. They will become fruitful and numerous.^{(E) 4} I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them.^(F) They will no longer be afraid or discouraged, nor will any be missing.”^(G) This is the Lord’s declaration.