Psalms 80

1 “To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; an 'Eduth by Assaph; a psalm.” O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guide Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubs, manifest yourself;

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help.

before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up your power, and come to deliver us.

3 O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.

Turn us, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be delivered.

4 O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?

O Lord God of hosts, how long are you angry with the prayer of your servant?

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure.

6 Thou renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves.

You has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.

7 O God of hosts, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.

Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Pause)

8 A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it.

You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9 Thou didst clear out a place before it, and it struck its root deeply, and it filled the land.

You made a way before it, and did cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it].

10 Mountains were covered with its shadow, and with its boughs the cedars of God.

Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars.

11 It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers.

It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.

12 Wherefore hast thou now broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way pluck the fruit from it?

Therefore have you broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?

13 The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.

The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.

14 O God of hosts, return; I pray thee, look down from heaven, and behold, and think of this vine;

O God of hosts, turn, we pray you: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine;

15 And of the sprout which thy right hand hath planted, and of the branch that thou hast made strong for thyself.

and restore that which your right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

16 It is burnt with fire, it is hewn down; because of the rebuke of thy countenance do they perish.

[It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of your presence.

17 Let thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, over the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.

Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

18 Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on thy name.

So will we not depart from you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your name.

19 O Lord God of hosts, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.

Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and make your face to shine; and we shall be saved.