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 Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
2 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up your power, and come to deliver us.
Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
3 Turn us, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be delivered.
Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long are you angry with the prayer of your servant?
LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5 You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure.
You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
6 You has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.
You make us a source of contention to our neighbours. Our enemies laugh amongst themselves.
7 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Pause)
Turn us again, God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
8 You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.
You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted 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. It took deep root, and filled the land.
10 Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars.
The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
11 It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.
It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to 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 those who 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 ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
14 O God of hosts, turn, we pray you: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine;
Turn again, we beg you, God of Hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit 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 stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
16 [It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of your presence.
It’s burnt with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
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 on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
18 So will we not depart from you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your name.
So 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.
Turn us again, LORD God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
