Psalms 80
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who lead Joseph like a flock. Thou who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
To the Chief Musician. For "the Lilies of Testimony." Asaph’s. A Melody. O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!
2 Stir up thy might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come to save us.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
4 O Jehovah God of hosts, how long will thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
6 Thou make us hatred to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
8 Thou brought a vine out of Egypt. Thou drove out the nations, and planted it.
A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
9 Thou prepared place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;
10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like cedars of God.
Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.
11 It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.
It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, —And, unto the River, its shoots.
12 Why have thou broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?
13 The boar out of the wood ravages it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.
14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and, behold, and visit this vine,
O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, —Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:
15 and the stock which thy right hand planted, and the branch that thou made strong for thyself.
Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down. They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
To be burned with fire, it is cut down, —At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou made strong for thyself,
Let thy hand be, Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself;
18 so shall we not go back from thee. Revive thou us, and we will call upon thy name.
So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.
19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.
