Psalms 80

1 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen 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 depart from you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your name.

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

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

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