Psalms 80

1 For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who lead Joseph like a flock. Thou who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.

Stir up thy might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come to save us.

3 O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?

O Jehovah God of hosts, how long will thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please.

Thou make us hatred to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 O God of hosts, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

8 Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.

Thou brought a vine out of Egypt. Thou drove out the nations, and planted it.

9 Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.

Thou prepared place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like cedars of God.

11 She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.

It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.

12 Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?

Why have thou broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.

The boar out of the wood ravages it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,

Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and, behold, and visit this vine,

15 And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.

and the stock which thy right hand planted, and the branch that thou made strong for thyself.

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down. They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

17 Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou made strong for thyself,

18 So shall we not turn back from Thee; quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.

so shall we not go back from thee. Revive thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

19 O LORD God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.