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. On shoshannim, eduth. Of Asaph, a psalm. Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock of sheep; from your throne on the cherubs shine forth
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help.
before Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin. Stir up your mighty power, come to our help.
3 O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
God, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
4 O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
O Lord of hosts, how long is your anger to smoke, despite 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 fed them with bread of tears, you have made them drink tears by the measure.
6 Thou renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves.
The scorn of our neighbors you make us, the laughing-stock of our foes.
7 O God of hosts, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
God of hosts, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
8 A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it.
A vine out of Egypt you brought; you did drive out the nations, and plant her;
9 Thou didst clear out a place before it, and it struck its root deeply, and it filled the land.
in the ground you did clear she struck root, and she filled all the land.
10 Mountains were covered with its shadow, and with its boughs the cedars of God.
The shade of her covered the mountains, her branches the cedars of God.
11 It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers.
She sent forth her shoots to the sea, and her branches as far as 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 torn down her fences, and left her to be plucked at by all who pass by,
13 The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.
to be gnawed by the boar from the forest, and devoured by the beasts of the field?
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: look down from heaven and see and visit this vine, and restore her
15 And of the sprout which thy right hand hath planted, and of the branch that thou hast made strong for thyself.
the vine which your right hand has planted.
16 It is burnt with fire, it is hewn down; because of the rebuke of thy countenance do they perish.
She is burned with fire and cut down before your stern face they are perishing.
17 Let thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, over the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
Support the one you have chosen, the one you have raised for yourself;
18 Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on thy name.
then from you we will never draw back. Preserve us, and we will call on your name.
19 O Lord God of hosts, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
Lord, God of hosts, restore us: Show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
