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 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!
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!
3 O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may 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 people?
5 Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
6 Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.
Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
7 O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
8 A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.
9 Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;
Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, and filled the land.
10 Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.
The mountains were covered with its shade, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
11 It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, —And, unto the River, its shoots.
It sent out its boughs to the sea, And its branches to the river.
12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?
Why hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?
13 The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.
The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour 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! return, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
15 Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.
Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest strong 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; it is cut down; Under thy rebuke they perish.
17 Let thy hand be, Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself;
May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong 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 no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
19 O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!
