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 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 Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!
3 O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may 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 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 renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves.
Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
7 O God of hosts, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
8 A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it.
Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.
9 Thou didst clear out a place before it, and it struck its root deeply, and it filled the land.
Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, and filled the land.
10 Mountains were covered with its shadow, and with its boughs the cedars of God.
The mountains were covered with its shade, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
11 It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers.
It sent out its boughs to the sea, And its branches 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 hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?
13 The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.
The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour 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! return, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
15 And of the sprout which thy right hand hath planted, and of the branch that thou hast made strong for thyself.
Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest strong for thyself!
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; it is cut down; Under thy rebuke they perish.
17 Let thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, over the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong for thyself!
18 Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on thy name.
So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
19 O Lord God of hosts, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!
