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.

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] TO “LILIES OF TESTIMONY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubim—shine forth,

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

Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Your might, and come for our salvation.

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

O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.

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

YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned 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 have caused them to eat bread of tears, And cause them to drink With tears a third time.

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

You make us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

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

God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.

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

You bring a vine out of Egypt, You cast out nations, and plant it.

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

You have looked before it, and root it, And it fills the land,

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

Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

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

It sends 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?

Why have You broken down its hedges, And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?

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

A boar out of the forest tears it, And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.

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

God of Hosts, turn back, we implore You, Look from the heavens, and see, and inspect this vine,

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

And the root that Your right hand planted, And the branch You made strong for Yourself,

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

Burned with fire—cut down, They perish from the rebuke of Your face.

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 on the man of Your right hand On the son of man You have strengthened for Yourself.

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

And we do not go back from You, You revive us, and in Your Name we call.

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

O YHWH, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Your face to shine, and we are saved!