Psalms 80

1 For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guidest Joseph like a flock; thou who sittest upon the cherubs, manifest thyself;

For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guide Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubs, manifest yourself;

2 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up thy power, and come to deliver us.

before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up your power, and come to deliver us.

3 Turn us, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be delivered.

Turn us, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be delivered.

4 O Lord God of hosts, how long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?

O Lord God of hosts, how long are you angry with the prayer of your servant?

5 Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; and wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.

You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure.

6 Thou has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.

You has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.

7 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Pause)

Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Pause)

8 Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9 Thou madest a way before it, and didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it].

You made a way before it, and did cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it].

10 Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars.

Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars.

11 It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.

It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.

12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?

Therefore have you broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?

13 The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.

The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.

14 O God of hosts, turn, we pray thee: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine;

O God of hosts, turn, we pray you: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine;

15 and restore that which thy right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.

and restore that which your right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

16 [It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of thy presence.

[It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of your presence.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.

Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

18 So will we not depart from thee: thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

So will we not depart from you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your name.

19 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and make thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and make your face to shine; and we shall be saved.