< Psalms 80 >

1 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,
To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Your might, and come for our salvation.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.
3 O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.
O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
4 YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned against the prayer of Your people.
Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
5 You have caused them to eat bread of tears, And cause them to drink With tears a third time.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
6 You make us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.
Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
7 God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.
Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
8 You bring a vine out of Egypt, You cast out nations, and plant it.
Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
9 You have looked before it, and root it, And it fills the land,
Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
10 Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.
The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of God;
11 It sends forth its branches to the sea, And its shoots to the river.
It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
12 Why have You broken down its hedges, And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?
Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
13 A boar out of the forest tears it, And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.
The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
14 God of Hosts, turn back, we implore You, Look from the heavens, and see, and inspect this vine,
O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the root that Your right hand planted, And the branch You made strong for Yourself,
Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
16 Burned with fire—cut down, They perish from the rebuke of Your face.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let Your hand be on the man of Your right hand On the son of man You have strengthened for Yourself.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
18 And we do not go back from You, You revive us, and in Your Name we call.
So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 O YHWH, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Your face to shine, and we are saved!
Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

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