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!
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubim, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and save us.
3 O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; 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 will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5 Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.
You make us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
You have brought 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 prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
11 It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, —And, unto the River, its shoots.
She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river.
12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?
Why have you then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
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 does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it.
14 O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, —Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:
Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts: look down 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 the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself.
16 To be burned with fire, it is cut down, —At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
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 on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong 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 not we go back from you: quicken us, and we will call on your name.
19 O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
