Psalms 80
1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. The One who reigns over Israel: Be attentive. For you lead Joseph like a sheep. The One who sits upon the cherubim: Shine forth
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Awaken your power and draw near, so as to accomplish our salvation.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
3 Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
Turn us again, O Elohim, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
4 O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?
O YHWH Elohim of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
Turn us again, O Elohim of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it.
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth.
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
11 It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
12 So then, why have you destroyed its walls, so that all those who pass by the way gather its grapes?
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
13 The wild boar of the forest has trampled it, and a single wild beast has laid waste to it.
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
14 Turn back, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard;
Return, we beseech thee, O Elohim of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 and complete what your right hand has planted, and look upon the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
16 Whatever has been set on fire and dug under will perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let your hand be over the man on your right, and over the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 For we do not depart from you, and you will revive us. And we will invoke your name.
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 O Lord, God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
Turn us again, O YHWH Elohim of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
