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

Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!

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

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

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

You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

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

You make us a source of contention to our neighbours. Our enemies laugh amongst themselves.

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

Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

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

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

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

The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.

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

It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.

12 Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do 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 forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.

The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.

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

Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

15 Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

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

It’s burnt with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.

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 on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

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

So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

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

Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.