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!
Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.
Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.
3 O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
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 wilt thou be angry against 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.
How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?
6 Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.
Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.
7 O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
8 A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.
9 Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;
Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.
10 Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.
The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
11 It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, —And, unto the River, its shoots.
It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.
12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?
Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do 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 hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.
14 O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, —Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:
Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:
15 Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.
And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
16 To be burned with fire, it is cut down, —At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.
Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
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 hast confirmed for thyself.
18 So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.
And we depart not 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.
O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
