Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#5

5. Psalm 80

1. Great Shepherd over Israel,
Who did between the cherubs dwell,
And led the tribes, your chosen sheep,
Safe thru' the desert and the deep.

2. Your Church is in the desert now;
Shine from on high and guide us through;
Turn us to you, your love restore;
We shall be saved and sigh no more.

3. Great God, whom heav’nly hosts obey,
How long shall we lament and pray,
And wait in vain your kind return?
How long shall your fierce anger burn?

4. Instead of wine and cheerful bread
Your saints with their own tears are fed:
Turn us to you, your love restore;
We shall be saved and sigh no more.

5. How did the spreading branches shoot
And bless the nations with the fruit!
But now, dear Lord, look down and see
Your mourning vine, that lovely tree.

6. Return, almighty God, return,
Nor let your bleeding vineyard mourn;
Turn us to you, your love restore;
We shall be saved and sigh no more.

7. Fair Branch, ordained of old to shoot
From David’s stock, from Jacob’s root;
Himself a noble vine, and we
The lesser branches of the tree.

8. Oh, for his sake, attend our cry,
Shine on your churches lest they die;
Turn us to you, your love restore;
We shall be saved and sigh no more.

Text Information

• First Line: Great Shepherd over Israel
• Title: Psalm 80
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 80
• Topic: Advent
• Notes: Text by English nonconformist minister Isaac Watts, from Psalms of David Imitated (1719), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: WARE
• Composer: George Kingsley
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Incipit: 55565 132
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Tune WARE by American organist George Kingsley, from <cite>The Sacred Choir</cite> (1838). See also: This text with LMD tunes such O GROSSER GOTT (No. 214) or YE BANKS AND BRAES (No. 175).