Psalms 80
1 For the music director. A psalm of Asaph. To the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.” Please hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead the descendants of Joseph like a flock. You who sit on your throne above the cherubim, shine out
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 in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Gather together your power and come to save us!
Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
3 God, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
4 Lord God Almighty, how long will you be angry with the prayers of your people?
LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5 You fed them with the bread of tears, and gave them a full bowl of tears to drink.
You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
6 You turn us into victims our neighbors fight over; our enemies mock us.
You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved!
Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
8 You carried us out of Egypt like a vine. You drove out the heathen nations, and then you planted the vine.
You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
9 You prepared the ground for the vine. It took root and filled the land.
You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered by its shade; its branches covered the great cedars.
The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
11 It sent its branches as far west as the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots as far east as the Euphrates River.
It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.
12 So why have you broken down the walls that protect it so that everyone who passes by can steal its fruit?
Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
13 Wild pigs from the forest eat it, wild animals feed on it.
The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
14 God Almighty, please return to us! Look down from heaven and see what's happening to us! Come and care for this vine
Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
15 that you planted yourself, this son that you brought up yourself.
the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
16 We, your vine, have been chopped down and burned. May those who did this die when you glare at them.
It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
17 Protect the man who stands beside you; strengthen the son you have chosen.
Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us so we can pray to you.
So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
19 Lord God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
