Psalms 80

1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.

To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.

3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.

6 Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

10 The hills were covered with the shade of it, and its boughs [were like] the goodly cedars.

The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.

11 She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river.

It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.

12 Why hast thou [then] broke down her hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck her?

Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

13 The boar from the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,

15 And the vineyard which thy right hand planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.

Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.

16 [It is] burnt with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong 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 go back from thee: revive us, and we will call upon thy name.

So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.