Psalms 80
1 [For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.] Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above 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, stir up your might. Come to save us.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!
3 Restore us, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!
4 LORD God of hosts, How long will you be angry 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 fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
6 You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies have mocked us.
Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
7 Restore us, God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
8 You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.
9 You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars.
The mountains were covered with its shade, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
11 It sent out its branches to the sea, 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 walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
Why hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?
13 The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour it.
14 Return, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
O God of hosts! return, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
15 the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest strong for thyself!
16 It's burned with fire. It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
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 whom you made strong for yourself.
May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong for thyself!
18 So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
19 Restore us, LORD God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!
