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
“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; an 'Eduth by Assaph; a psalm.” O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help.
3 Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
5 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
Thou renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves.
7 Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
O God of hosts, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it.
9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Thou didst clear out a place before it, and it struck its root deeply, and it filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
Mountains were covered with its shadow, and with its boughs the cedars of God.
11 It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers.
12 Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Wherefore hast thou now broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way pluck the fruit from it?
13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.
14 Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
O God of hosts, return; I pray thee, look down from heaven, and behold, and think of this vine;
15 the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
And of the sprout which thy right hand hath planted, and of the branch that thou hast made strong for thyself.
16 Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
It is burnt with fire, it is hewn down; because of the rebuke of thy countenance do they perish.
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 over the man of thy right hand, over the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
18 Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on 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, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
