< Psalms 80 >

1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell 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 Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
O LORD God of hosts, 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 feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
You make us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
You prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto 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 then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
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 does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Return, we plead to you, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.
And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and 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 is burned with fire, it is cut down: they 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 upon the man of your right hand, upon 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 will not we go back from you: quicken us, and we will call upon your name.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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