Psalms 80
1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth
2 before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.
3 Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?
5 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?
6 You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.
7 Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.
9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
11 It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.
12 Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?
13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.
14 Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:
15 the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
16 Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
18 Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.
19 Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
