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.

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] TO “LILIES OF TESTIMONY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubim—shine forth,

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

Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Your might, and come for our salvation.

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

O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.

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

YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned 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 have caused them to eat bread of tears, And cause them to drink With tears a third time.

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

You make us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

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

God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.

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

You bring a vine out of Egypt, You cast out nations, and plant it.

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

You have looked before it, and root it, And it fills the land,

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

Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

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

It sends 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?

Why have You broken down its hedges, And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?

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

A boar out of the forest tears it, And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.

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

God of Hosts, turn back, we implore You, Look from the heavens, and see, and inspect 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 root that Your right hand planted, And the branch 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.

Burned with fire—cut down, They perish from the rebuke of Your face.

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 on the man of Your right hand On the son of man You have strengthened for Yourself.

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

And we do not go back from You, You revive us, and in Your Name we call.

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

O YHWH, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Your face to shine, and we are saved!