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 the Shoshannim Eduth style. A psalm of Asaph. Pay attention, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit above the cherubim, shine on us!
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.
In the sight of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your power; come and save us.
3 O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
God, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
4 O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
Yahweh God of hosts, how long will you be angry at your people when they pray?
5 Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in great quantities.
6 Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.
You make us something for our neighbors to argue over, and our enemies laugh about us among themselves.
7 O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
8 A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.
9 Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;
You cleared the land for it; it took 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 its shade, the cedars of God by its branches.
11 It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, —And, unto the River, its shoots.
It sent out its branches as far as the sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River.
12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?
Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by along the road pluck its fruit?
13 The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.
The boars out of the forest ruin it, and the 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 back, God of hosts; look down from heaven and take notice and take care of this vine.
15 Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.
This is the root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you made to grow.
16 To be burned with fire, it is cut down, —At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.
It has been burned and cut down; they perish because of your rebuke.
17 Let thy hand be, Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself;
May 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.
Then we will not turn away from you; revive 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.
Yahweh God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
