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.
“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shushan-Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel! Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock, Thou who sittest between the cherubs, 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 thy strength, And come and save us!
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may 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 wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.
9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, 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 shade, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
It sent out its boughs to the sea, And its branches 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 hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
O God of hosts! return, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.
Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest strong for thyself!
16 [It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
It is burnt with fire; it is cut down; Under thy rebuke they perish.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.
May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong for thyself!
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!
