Psalms 80
1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.
3 Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
4 LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
6 You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
7 Turn us again, God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
8 You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
9 You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of God;
11 It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.
It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
12 Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
13 The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
14 Turn again, we beg you, God of Hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
16 It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
18 So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 Turn us again, LORD God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
