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.
To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. — A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs — shine forth,
2 Before Ephraim and Beniamin and Manasseh stirre vp thy strength, and come to helpe vs.
Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.
3 Turne vs againe, O God, and cause thy face to shine that we may be saued.
O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
4 O Lord God of hostes, how long wilt thou be angrie against the prayer of thy people?
Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.
5 Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.
Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.
6 Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh at vs among themselues.
Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.
7 Turne vs againe, O God of hostes: cause thy face to shine, and we shalbe saued.
God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.
9 Thou madest roume for it, and didest cause it to take roote, and it filled the land.
Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,
10 The mountaines were couered with the shadowe of it, and the boughes thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.
11 Shee stretched out her branches vnto the Sea, and her boughes vnto the Riuer.
It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.
12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?
Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?
13 The wilde bore out of the wood hath destroyed it, and the wilde beastes of the fielde haue eaten it vp.
A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.
14 Returne we beseech thee, O God of hostes: looke downe from heauen and beholde and visite this vine,
God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,
15 And the vineyard, that thy right hand hath planted, and the young vine, which thou madest strong for thy selfe.
And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,
16 It is burnt with fire and cut downe: and they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Burnt with fire — cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.
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 on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.
18 So will not we goe backe from thee: reuiue thou vs, and we shall call vpon thy Name.
And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.
19 Turne vs againe, O Lord God of hostes: cause thy face to shine and we shalbe saued.
O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!
