Psalms 80
1 GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; an 'Eduth by Assaph; a psalm.” O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Thou renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
O God of hosts, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it.
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Thou didst clear out a place before it, and it struck its root deeply, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Mountains were covered with its shadow, and with its boughs the cedars of God.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Wherefore hast thou now broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way pluck the fruit from it?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
O God of hosts, return; I pray thee, look down from heaven, and behold, and think of this vine;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
And of the sprout which thy right hand hath planted, and of the branch that thou hast made strong for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
It is burnt with fire, it is hewn down; because of the rebuke of thy countenance do 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 over the man of thy right hand, over the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on thy name.
19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
O Lord God of hosts, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
