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 Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

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

Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!

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

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

LORD God of Armies, 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 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.

You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. 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, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

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

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

You cleared the ground for it. 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 its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.

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

It sent out its branches to the sea, 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 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. The wild animals 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 beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

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

the stock which your right hand planted, 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’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.

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 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 we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

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

Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.