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 Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest upon 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 thy might, and come to 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 thy 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 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.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
6 Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: 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 thy 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;
Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
9 Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;
Thou preparedst [room] before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
10 Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.
The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.
11 It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, —And, unto the River, its shoots.
She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots 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 her fences, 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 doth ravage it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
14 O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, —Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:
Turn again, we beseech thee, 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 stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that 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 burned with fire, it is cut down: they 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, upon the son of 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 shall we not go back from thee: quicken thou 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 again, O LORD God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
