Psalms 80

1 To the Chief Musician. For "the Lilies of Testimony." Asaph’s. A Melody. O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!

For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guidest Joseph like a flock; thou who sittest upon the cherubs, manifest thyself;

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.

before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up thy power, and come to deliver us.

3 O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.

Turn us, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be delivered.

4 O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?

O Lord God of hosts, how long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?

5 Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.

Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; and wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.

6 Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.

Thou has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.

7 O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.

Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Pause)

8 A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;

Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9 Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;

Thou madest a way before it, and didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it].

10 Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.

Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars.

11 It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, —And, unto the River, its shoots.

It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.

12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?

Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?

13 The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.

The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.

14 O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, —Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:

O God of hosts, turn, we pray thee: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine;

15 Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.

and restore that which thy right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.

16 To be burned with fire, it is cut down, —At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.

[It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of thy presence.

17 Let thy hand be, Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself;

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.

18 So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.

So will we not depart from thee: thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

19 O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.

Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and make thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.