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 upon Shoshannim Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [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 [and] 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 feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

6 You make us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors: 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 hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

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

Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

10 Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

The hills were covered with the shade of it, and its boughs [were like] the goodly cedars.

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

She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river.

12 Why have You broken down its hedges, And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?

Why hast thou [then] broke down her hedges, so that all they who 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 from the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

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

Return, 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 vineyard which thy right hand 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] burnt 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 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!

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