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Psalm 80:2

Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!

1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
2Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
3Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
4LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
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The named tribes make the plea for God's might concrete: whole communities need rescue, and the prayer leaves their need exposed.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 35:23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!Both prayers urge God to act with urgency, seeking his defense in Psalm 35 and his saving might in Psalm 80.
Numbers 2:18–24“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of …Ephraim appears in both texts, named among those needing rescue in the psalm and assigned a place to camp in Numbers.
Isaiah 42:13–14The LORD will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his …Psalm 80 asks God to bring his might to bear, while Isaiah describes the LORD going out as a warrior.
Psalm 44:23–26Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.Both are urgent communal prayers asking God to rise and act when his people are still waiting for help.
Numbers 2:24“All who were counted of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.Both name Ephraim, though the psalm asks for rescue and Numbers records the camp's size and place in the marching order.
Psalm 9:19Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.Both prayers appeal to God's power to intervene, asking him to save his people or prevent human powers from prevailing.
Psalm 78:38But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.Both concern God's dealings with his people: Psalm 80 asks for rescue, while Psalm 78 recalls mercy that spared them.
Isaiah 33:22For the LORD is our judge. The LORD is our lawgiver. The LORD is our king. He will save us.God's saving action joins these texts: the psalm asks him to come and save, and Isaiah declares that he will save.
Numbers 10:22–24The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies. Elishama the son of Ammihud was over his army.Ephraim is named in both passages, within a plea for God's rescue and in the account of Israel's camp setting forward.
Isaiah 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for him. We will be glad …Both look to God for salvation, with the psalm pleading for rescue and Isaiah describing people who have waited for him.
Where this verse fits

Waiting. feeling distant from God. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

The plea ends before rescue arrives. If help still seems far off, this prayer speaks from that unresolved place and directs its cry to God's might.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).