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,
“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 Manasseh, Wake up Your might, and come for our salvation.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!
3 O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.
Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!
4 YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned against the prayer of Your people.
O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry 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.
For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
6 You make us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.
Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
7 God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.
Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
8 You bring a vine out of Egypt, You cast out nations, and plant it.
Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.
9 You have looked before it, and root it, And it fills the land,
Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, 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 shade, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
11 It sends forth its branches to the sea, And its shoots to the river.
It sent out its boughs to the sea, And its branches to the river.
12 Why have You broken down its hedges, And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?
Why hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?
13 A boar out of the forest tears it, And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.
The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour 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 heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
15 And the root that Your right hand planted, And the branch You made strong for Yourself,
Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest strong for thyself!
16 Burned with fire—cut down, They perish from the rebuke of Your face.
It is burnt with fire; it is cut down; Under thy rebuke they perish.
17 Let Your hand be on the man of Your right hand On the son of man You have strengthened for Yourself.
May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong for thyself!
18 And we do not go back from You, You revive us, and in Your Name we call.
So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
19 O YHWH, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Your face to shine, and we are saved!
Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!
