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 guide Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubs, manifest yourself;

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

before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up your 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 your 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 are you angry with the prayer of your servant?

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

You will feed us with bread of tears; and will 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.

You 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 your 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;

You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have 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;

You made a way before it, and did 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?

Therefore have you 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 you: 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 your right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

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 your presence.

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

Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

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 you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your 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 your face to shine; and we shall be saved.