Psalms 80

1 To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

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

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.

before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.

3 Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

4 O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

5 You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.

You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

6 You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

7 Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

8 You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

9 You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

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

10 The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.

The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.

11 It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.

It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.

12 Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

13 It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

14 Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,

Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—

15 Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.

the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.

16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

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

Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.

18 So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

19 Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.