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You have left us to be fought over by our neighbors;
    our enemies deride us.(A)
O God of hosts, restore us;
    light up your face and we shall be saved.

III

You brought a vine[a] out of Egypt;
    you drove out nations and planted it.

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Footnotes

  1. 80:9 A vine: a frequent metaphor for Israel, cf. Is 5:1–7; 27:2–5; Jer 2:21; Hos 10:1; Mt 21:33.

Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(A)

You transplanted a vine(B) from Egypt;
    you drove out(C) the nations and planted(D) it.
You cleared the ground for it,
    and it took root and filled the land.

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