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;

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] TO “LILIES OF TESTIMONY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubim—shine forth,

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

Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Your might, and come for our salvation.

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

O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.

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

YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned against the prayer of Your people.

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

You have caused them to eat bread of tears, And cause them to drink With tears a third time.

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

You make us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

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

God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.

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

You bring a vine out of Egypt, You cast out nations, and plant it.

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

You have looked before it, and root it, And it fills the land,

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

Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

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

It sends 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?

Why have You broken down its hedges, And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?

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

A boar out of the forest tears it, And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.

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

God of Hosts, turn back, we implore You, Look from the heavens, and see, and inspect 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 the root that Your right hand planted, And the branch You made strong for Yourself,

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

Burned with fire—cut down, They perish from the rebuke of Your face.

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 on the man of Your right hand On the son of man You have strengthened for Yourself.

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

And we do not go back from You, You revive us, and in Your Name we call.

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

O YHWH, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Your face to shine, and we are saved!