Psalms 80
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. The One who reigns over Israel: Be attentive. For you lead Joseph like a sheep. The One who sits upon the cherubim: Shine forth
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Awaken your power and draw near, so as to accomplish our salvation.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
4 O Yhwh God of Armies, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.
7 Turn us again, O God of Armies, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
So then, why have you destroyed its walls, so that all those who pass by the way gather its grapes?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
The wild boar of the forest has trampled it, and a single wild beast has laid waste to it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of Armies: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Turn back, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
and complete what your right hand has planted, and look upon the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Whatever has been set on fire and dug under will perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
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 over the man on your right, and over the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
For we do not depart from you, and you will revive us. And we will invoke your name.
19 Turn us again, O Yhwh God of Armies, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
O Lord, God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
