Psalm 80:14-19 “Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine, the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself. It’s burnt with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke. Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name. Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.”

Israel is frequently likened to a vine or a vineyard in the Old Testament. God is the vinedresser or the owner. He is sovereign, and their repentance, salvation, and future as His right hand is entirely at His discretion.

Jesus uses a similar metaphor to describe the Christian life. Apart from Him we can do nothing!

John 15:5-7 “I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burnt. If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.”

For additional worship: To Thee Our God, We Fly (William Walsham How)

To thee, our God, we fly
for mercy and for grace;
O hear our lowly cry,
and hide not thou thy face.

Refrain:
O Lord, stretch forth thy mighty hand,
and guard and bless our fatherland.

Arise, O Lord of Hosts,
be jealous for thy name,
and drive from out our coasts
the sins that put to shame. [Refrain]

Thy best gifts from on high
in rich abundance pour,
that we may magnify
and praise thee more and more. [Refrain]

The powers ordained by thee
with heavenly wisdom bless;
may they thy servants be,
and rule in righteousness. [Refrain]

The Church of thy dear Son
inflame with love’s pure fire,
bind her once more in one,
with life and truth inspire. [Refrain]

The pastors of thy fold
with grace and power endue,
that faithful, pure, and bold,
they may be pastors true. [Refrain]

O let us love thy house,
and sanctify thy day,
bring unto thee our vows,
and loyal homage pay. [Refrain]

Give peace, Lord, in our time;
O let no foe draw nigh,
nor lawless deed of crime
insult thy majesty. [Refrain]

Though vile and worthless, still
thy people, Lord, are we;
and for our God we will
none other have but thee. [Refrain]