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. — 'On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. — A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs — 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 Thy 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 Thy 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?

Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned 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 hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

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

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, 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 Thy 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.

A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

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

Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

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

Covered have been hills [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 sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.

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

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have 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 doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth 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 beseech Thee, Look from heaven, 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 Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,

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

Burnt with fire — cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

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 on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

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 Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

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

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