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.

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

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.

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

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

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

O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

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

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

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

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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

The hills were covered with the shade of it, and its boughs [were like] the goodly cedars.

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

She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river.

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

Why hast thou [then] broke down her hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck her?

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

The boar from the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down 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 the vineyard which thy right hand planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

[It is] burnt with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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 thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.

18 So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.

So will we not go back from thee: revive us, and we will call upon thy name.

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

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.