Psalms 80
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
For the music director. A psalm of Asaph. To the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.” Please hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead the descendants of Joseph like a flock. You who sit on your throne above the cherubim, shine out
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Gather together your power and come to save us!
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
God, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
4 O Yhwh God of Armies, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Lord God Almighty, how long will you be angry with the prayers of your people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
You fed them with the bread of tears, and gave them a full bowl of tears to drink.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
You turn us into victims our neighbors fight over; our enemies mock us.
7 Turn us again, O God of Armies, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved!
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
You carried us out of Egypt like a vine. You drove out the heathen nations, and then you planted the vine.
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
You prepared the ground for the vine. It took 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 by its shade; its branches covered the great cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
It sent its branches as far west as the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots as far east as the Euphrates River.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
So why have you broken down the walls that protect it so that everyone who passes by can steal its fruit?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Wild pigs from the forest eat it, wild animals feed on it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of Armies: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
God Almighty, please return to us! Look down from heaven and see what's happening to us! Come and care for this vine
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
that you planted yourself, this son that you brought up yourself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
We, your vine, have been chopped down and burned. May those who did this die when you glare at them.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Protect the man who stands beside you; strengthen the son you have chosen.
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us so we can pray to you.
19 Turn us again, O Yhwh God of Armies, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Lord God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
