My Psalm 80

Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead your people in green pastures.
O God, enthroned above the heavenly beings,
display your radiant glory
to me, and to the flock I love.
Show us your mighty power.
Come to rescue us!
Turn us again
and ever more completely
to yourself, O God.

Smile on us.

Only then will we be delivered,
only then can we prosper.

O Lord God of Heaven’s battalions,

hold off no longer in routing our Enemy,
utterly defeating him.
We are muddy from the battlefield
and shell-shocked in the fight.
Lift our heads, Conquering Hero.
Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s battalions.

Smile on us.

Only then will we be delivered,
only then can we prosper.


You have brought us into a good
and spacious place.
You cleared the ground for us,

and we have persevered through many trials.

Now, Lord, O God of Heaven’s battalions,
if you choose, you can refresh us with victory,
with one victory after another.

Look down from heaven,
look favorably on us,
and rally your weary troops.
Strengthen the people you love,

the children you adore.

By your grace, we will never abandon you again.

Revive us so we can call on your name
and declare your glory to a watchful world.
once more.
Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s battalions.

Smile on us.

Only then will we be delivered,
only then can we prosper.