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 Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest upon 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 might, and come to save us.

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

Turn us again, O God; 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.

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.

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 makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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

Turn us again, 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 drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

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

Thou preparedst [room] 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 the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.

11 It sends forth its branches to the sea, And its shoots to the river.

She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her 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 her fences, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

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

The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

14 God of Hosts, turn back, we implore You, Look from the heavens, and see, and inspect this vine,

Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

15 And the root that Your right hand planted, And the branch You made strong for Yourself,

And the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that 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 madest strong for thyself.

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

So shall we not go back from thee: quicken thou 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!

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.