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, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubims, shine forth.

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

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and 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 your 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 LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

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

You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.

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

You make us a strife unto our neighbours: 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 your 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.

You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.

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

You prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

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

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

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

Why have you then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

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 does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it.

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

Return, we plead to you, 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 vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself.

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 your 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 your hand be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

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

So will not we go back from you: quicken us, and we will call upon your name.

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

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