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.

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

before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up your power, and come to deliver us.

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

Turn us, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be delivered.

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 are you angry with the prayer of your servant?

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

You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure.

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

You has made us a strife to our neighbors; and our enemies have mocked at us.

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

Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Pause)

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

You have transplanted 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 made a way before it, and did cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it].

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

Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars.

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

It sent forth 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?

Therefore have you broken down its hedge, while all that 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 has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.

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

O God of hosts, turn, we pray you: look on [us] 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 restore that which your right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; 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 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, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

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

So will we not depart from you: you shall 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, O Lord God of hosts, and make your face to shine; and we shall be saved.