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 chief musician, set to the Shoshannim Eduth style. A psalm of Asaph. Pay attention, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit above the cherubim, shine on us!
2 Before Ephraim and Beniamin and Manasseh stirre vp thy strength, and come to helpe vs.
In the sight of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your power; come and save us.
3 Turne vs againe, O God, and cause thy face to shine that we may be saued.
God, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
4 O Lord God of hostes, how long wilt thou be angrie against the prayer of thy people?
Yahweh God of hosts, how long will you be angry at your people when they pray?
5 Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.
You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in great quantities.
6 Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh at vs among themselues.
You make us something for our neighbors to argue over, and our enemies laugh about us among themselves.
7 Turne vs againe, O God of hostes: cause thy face to shine, and we shalbe saued.
God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.
9 Thou madest roume for it, and didest cause it to take roote, and it filled the land.
You cleared the land for it; it took root and filled the land.
10 The mountaines were couered with the shadowe of it, and the boughes thereof were like the goodly cedars.
The mountains were covered with its shade, the cedars of God by its branches.
11 Shee stretched out her branches vnto the Sea, and her boughes vnto the Riuer.
It sent out its branches as far as the sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River.
12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?
Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by along the road pluck its fruit?
13 The wilde bore out of the wood hath destroyed it, and the wilde beastes of the fielde haue eaten it vp.
The boars out of the forest ruin it, and the beasts of the field feed on it.
14 Returne we beseech thee, O God of hostes: looke downe from heauen and beholde and visite this vine,
Turn back, God of hosts; look down from heaven and take notice and take care of this vine.
15 And the vineyard, that thy right hand hath planted, and the young vine, which thou madest strong for thy selfe.
This is the root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you made to grow.
16 It is burnt with fire and cut downe: and they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
It has been burned and cut down; they perish because of your rebuke.
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.
May your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
18 So will not we goe backe from thee: reuiue thou vs, and we shall call vpon thy Name.
Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
19 Turne vs againe, O Lord God of hostes: cause thy face to shine and we shalbe saued.
Yahweh God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
