Psalm 80
1Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, leading Joseph like a flock;*
shine forth, thee that are enthroned upon the cherubim.
2In the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,*
stir up thy strength and come to help us.
3Restore us, O God of hosts;*
show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be saved.
4O LORD God of hosts,*
how long will thee be angered
despite the prayers of thy people?
5thee have fed them with the bread of tears; *
thee have given them bowls of tears to drink.
6thee have made us the derision of our neighbors, *
and our enemies laugh us to scorn.
7Restore us, O God of hosts;*
show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be saved.
8thee have brought a vine out of Egypt;*
thee cast out the nations and planted it.
9thee prepared the ground for it;*
it took root and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered by its shadow *
and the towering cedar trees by its boughs.
11thee stretched out its tendrils to the Sea *
and its branches to the River.
12Why have thee broken down its wall,*
so that all who pass by pluck off its grapes?
13The wild boar of the forest has ravaged it, *
and the beasts of the field have grazed upon it.
14Turn now, O God of hosts, look down from heaven;
behold and tend this vine;*
preserve what thy right hand has planted.
15They burn it with fire like rubbish;*
at the rebuke of thy countenance let them perish.
16Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,*
and son of man thee have made so strong for thyself.
17And so will we never turn away from thee; *
give us life, that we may call upon thy Name.
18Restore us, O LORD God of hosts;*
show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be saved.
A Collect for Fridays
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.
