Restore us, Lord God Almighty;make your face shine on us, that we may be saved

 Psalm 80:1-19

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock.

Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us. Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.

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

This is the people's desperate cry to God. The time maybe after the exile of the northern kingdom of Israel but before the fall of Jerusalem. The psalmist mentions Ephraim and Manasseh, two of Benjamin which is sometimes linked with them, but not Judah.

Israel is pictured as a great vine planted by God, stretching out to the mountains and cedars of Lebanon in the north, west to the Mediterranean, and east to the River Euphrates.

Why?

Restore us, return us, the psalmist cry to the Lord look at them and save them.

Make your face shine on us, that we may be saved, when the Lord turns away from us, it is a disaster to all of us.

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亡國中，求神的禱告。

求神發光，使神的臉發光，有恩待、憐憫的含意。

為何禱告，反而愈說神生氣?因為只求自己的利益。有信心的禱告有個前提是按神的心意禱告！禱告的內容是耶穌所認同，才是奉耶穌的名禱告！

求神保護神自己所載重的，所堅固的，以色列是神所栽種，所堅固的。

詩人求神繼續他所定的計劃，所定的約。

求神的臉發光照亮我們，使我們知道回轉，使我們的禱告蒙神喜悅。

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How?

Keep walking with the Lord and please refresh my heart, my heart to be a good disciple of Jesus.