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 guide Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubs, manifest yourself;
2 Before Ephraim and Beniamin and Manasseh stirre vp thy strength, and come to helpe vs.
before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up your 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 your 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 are you angry with the prayer of your servant?
5 Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.
You will feed us with bread of tears; and will 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.
You has made us a strife to our neighbors; 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 your 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.
You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have 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.
You made a way before it, and did 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?
Therefore have you 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 you: 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 your right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.
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 your 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 your hand be upon the man of your right hand, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.
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 you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your 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 your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
