Read Psalm 80 at Bible Gateway.
Psa 80 Hebrew paragraph divisions are here.
Psa 80 reverse parallelism:
1a) Psa 80:1-7, Shine forth/ Your strength/ Save + restore us;
1a) Psa 80:1, Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; {n} You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!
shim1b) Psa 80:2a {n} Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up Your strength; {n}
shim2b) Psa 80:2b, And come and save us!
2a) Psa 80:3-7, Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved;
1a) Psa 80:3, Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved!
1b) Psa 80:4, O Lord ,God of hosts, How long will You be angry against the prayer of Your people?
central axis) Psa 80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in great measure;
2b) Psa 80:6, You have made us a strife to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves;
2a) Psa 80:7, Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved!
1b) Psa 80:8, You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it;
1c) Psa 80:9, You prepared room for it, and caused it to take deep root, and it filled the land;
1d) Psa 80:10, The hills were covered with its shadow, and the mighty cedars with its bough;
2d) Psa 80:11, She sent out her boughs to the Sea, and her branches to the River;
2c) Psa 80:12-13, Why have You broken down her hedges, so that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit? / The boar out of the woods uproots it, and the wild beast of the field devours it;
2b) Psa 80:14, O God of hosts, return, we beseech You; {n} Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine;
2a) Psa 80:14-19 {p} Shine/ You made strong for Yourself/ Return, revive, restore + saved;
1a) Psa 80:14, O God of hosts, return, we beseech You; {n} Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine;
1b) Psa 80:15, And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, and the branch that You made strong for Yourself;
central axis) Psa 80:16, It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance;
2b) Psa 80:17, Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself;
2a) Psa 80:18-19 {p} Then we will not turn back from You; revive us, and we will call upon Your name/Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved! {p}
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