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 OVERSEER. [SET] TO “LILIES OF TESTIMONY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubim—shine forth,

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

Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Your might, and come for our salvation.

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

O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.

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

YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned against the prayer of Your people.

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

You have caused them to eat bread of tears, And cause them to drink With tears a third time.

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

You make us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

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

God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.

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

You bring a vine out of Egypt, You cast out nations, and plant it.

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

You have looked before it, and root it, And it fills the land,

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

Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

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

It sends forth its branches to the sea, And its shoots 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 have You broken down its hedges, And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?

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

A boar out of the forest tears it, And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.

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

God of Hosts, turn back, we implore You, Look from the heavens, and see, and inspect this vine,

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

And the root that Your right hand planted, And the branch You made strong for Yourself,

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

Burned with fire—cut down, They perish from the rebuke 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 You have strengthened for Yourself.

18 So will we not go back from thee: revive us, and we will call upon thy name.

And we do not go back from You, You revive us, and in Your Name we call.

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

O YHWH, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Your face to shine, and we are saved!