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 chief musician, set to the Shoshannim Eduth style. A psalm of Asaph. Pay attention, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit above the cherubim, shine on us!
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.
In the sight of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your power; come and save us.
3 Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
God, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
4 O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
Yahweh God of hosts, how long will you be angry at your people when they pray?
5 You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.
You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in great quantities.
6 You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.
You make us something for our neighbors to argue over, and our enemies laugh about us among themselves.
7 Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
8 You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.
You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out 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 land for it; 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 with its shade, the cedars of God by its branches.
11 It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.
It sent out its branches as far as the sea and its shoots to the Euphrates 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 along the road pluck its fruit?
13 It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.
The boars out of the forest ruin it, and the beasts of the field feed on it.
14 Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,
Turn back, God of hosts; look down from heaven and take notice and take care of this vine.
15 Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.
This is the root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you made to grow.
16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
It has been burned and cut down; they perish because of your rebuke.
17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
May your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong 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.
Yahweh God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
