Psalms 80
1 “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!
“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; an 'Eduth by Assaph; a psalm.” O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help.
3 Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!
O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
4 O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
5 For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
Thou renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves.
7 Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
O God of hosts, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
8 Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.
A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it.
9 Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, and filled the land.
Thou didst clear out a place before it, and it struck its root deeply, and it filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
Mountains were covered with its shadow, and with its boughs the cedars of God.
11 It sent out its boughs to the sea, And its branches to the river.
It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers.
12 Why hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?
Wherefore hast thou now broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way pluck the fruit from it?
13 The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour it.
The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.
14 O God of hosts! return, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
O God of hosts, return; I pray thee, look down from heaven, and behold, and think of this vine;
15 Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest strong for thyself!
And of the sprout which thy right hand hath planted, and of the branch that thou hast made strong for thyself.
16 It is burnt with fire; it is cut down; Under thy rebuke they perish.
It is burnt with fire, it is hewn down; because of the rebuke of thy countenance do they perish.
17 May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong for thyself!
Let thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, over the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
18 So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on thy name.
19 Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!
O Lord God of hosts, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
