Psalms 80
1 To him that excelleth on Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Heare, O thou Shepheard of Israel, thou that leadest Ioseph like sheepe: shewe thy brightnes, thou that sittest betweene the Cherubims.
For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guidest Joseph like a flock; thou who sittest upon the cherubs, manifest thyself;
2 Before Ephraim and Beniamin and Manasseh stirre vp thy strength, and come to helpe vs.
before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up thy power, and come to deliver us.
3 Turne vs againe, O God, and cause thy face to shine that we may be saued.
Turn us, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be delivered.
4 O Lord God of hostes, how long wilt thou be angrie against the prayer of thy people?
O Lord God of hosts, how long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?
5 Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.
Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; and wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.
6 Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh at vs among themselues.
Thou has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.
7 Turne vs againe, O God of hostes: cause thy face to shine, and we shalbe saued.
Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Pause)
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou madest roume for it, and didest cause it to take roote, and it filled the land.
Thou madest a way before it, and didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it].
10 The mountaines were couered with the shadowe of it, and the boughes thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars.
11 Shee stretched out her branches vnto the Sea, and her boughes vnto the Riuer.
It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.
12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?
Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?
13 The wilde bore out of the wood hath destroyed it, and the wilde beastes of the fielde haue eaten it vp.
The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.
14 Returne we beseech thee, O God of hostes: looke downe from heauen and beholde and visite this vine,
O God of hosts, turn, we pray thee: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine;
15 And the vineyard, that thy right hand hath planted, and the young vine, which thou madest strong for thy selfe.
and restore that which thy right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.
16 It is burnt with fire and cut downe: and they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
[It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of thy presence.
17 Let thine hande be vpon the man of thy right hande, and vpon the sonne of man, whome thou madest strong for thine owne selfe.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.
18 So will not we goe backe from thee: reuiue thou vs, and we shall call vpon thy Name.
So will we not depart from thee: thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 Turne vs againe, O Lord God of hostes: cause thy face to shine and we shalbe saued.
Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and make thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
