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.

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 Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and save us.

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

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

4 O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke 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 renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves.

You make us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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

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

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

You have brought 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 prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

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

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

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

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 forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.

The boar out of the wood does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it.

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

Return, we plead to you, O God of hosts: look down 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 the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself.

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

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.

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, upon the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

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

So will not we go back from you: 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 again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.