Psalms 80

1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who lead Joseph like a flock. Thou who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.

[For 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 forth.

2 Stir up thy might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come to save us.

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

3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Restore us, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

4 O Jehovah God of hosts, how long will thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Jehovah, the God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

5 Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

6 Thou make us hatred to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies have mocked us.

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Restore us, God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

8 Thou brought a vine out of Egypt. Thou drove out the nations, and planted it.

You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

9 Thou prepared place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.

You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like cedars of God.

The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars.

11 It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.

It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.

12 Why have thou broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

13 The boar out of the wood ravages it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.

14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and, behold, and visit this vine,

Return, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

15 and the stock which thy right hand planted, and the branch that thou made strong for thyself.

the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down. They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

It's burned with fire. It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou made strong for thyself,

Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

18 so shall we not go back from thee. Revive thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Restore us, Jehovah, the God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.