Psalms 80
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Hear us, Ro'i [Shepherd Provider] of Israel [God prevails], you who lead Joseph [May he add] like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
Before Ephraim [Fruit] and Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south] and Manasseh [Causing to forget], stir up your might! Come to bring yishu'ah ·salvation· for us!
3 Turn us again, O Elohim, 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 YHWH Elohim of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Adonai Elohei Tzva'ot [Yahweh God Commander of heaven’s armies], How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great 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 laugh among themselves.
You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O Elohim of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Turn us again, Elohim Tzva'ot [God Commander of heaven’s armies]. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
You brought a vine out of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. You divorced and drove out the nations, and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which 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 waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O Elohim of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Turn again, we beg you, Elohim Tzva'ot [God Commander of heaven’s armies]. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
15 And the vineyard 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 will not we go back from thee: quicken 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 Turn us again, O YHWH Elohim of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Turn us again, Adonai Elohei Tzva'ot [Yahweh God Commander of heaven’s armies]. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
