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 leader of the music. Upon the Shushan-Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel! Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock, Thou who sittest between the cherubs, shine forth!
2 in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Gather together your power and come to save us!
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!
3 God, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!
4 Lord God Almighty, how long will you be angry with the prayers of your people?
O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 You fed them with the bread of tears, and gave them a full bowl of tears to drink.
For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
6 You turn us into victims our neighbors fight over; our enemies mock us.
Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
7 God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved!
Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
8 You carried us out of Egypt like a vine. You drove out the heathen nations, and then you planted the vine.
Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.
9 You prepared the ground for the vine. It took root and filled the land.
Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered by its shade; its branches covered the great cedars.
The mountains were covered with its shade, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
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 boughs to the sea, And its branches 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 hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?
13 Wild pigs from the forest eat it, wild animals feed on it.
The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour 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
O God of hosts! return, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
15 that you planted yourself, this son that you brought up yourself.
Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest strong for thyself!
16 We, your vine, have been chopped down and burned. May those who did this die when you glare at them.
It is burnt with fire; it is cut down; Under thy rebuke they perish.
17 Protect the man who stands beside you; strengthen the son you have chosen.
May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong for thyself!
18 Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us so we can pray to you.
So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
19 Lord God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!
