Psalms 80

1 To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.

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 Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.

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

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

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

4 Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?

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

5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:

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

6 Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.

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

7 Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

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

8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:

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

9 Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;

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

10 The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of God;

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

11 It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.

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

12 Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?

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

13 The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.

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

14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, 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 Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong 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 burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

[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, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong 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 go back from thee. Revive 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 Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause 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.