Psalms 80
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubims, shine forth.
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and save us.
before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
5 You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
6 You make us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
9 You prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
You cleared the ground for it, and 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, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
12 Why have you 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 who pass by pick its fruit?
13 The boar out of the wood does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it.
The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
14 Return, we plead to you, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself.
the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
18 So will not we go back from you: quicken us, and we will call upon your name.
Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
