Psalms 80
1 To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. — A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs — shine forth,
For the leader. On shoshannim, eduth. Of Asaph, a psalm. Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock of sheep; from your throne on the cherubs shine forth
2 Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.
before Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin. Stir up your mighty power, come to our help.
3 O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
God, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
4 Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.
O Lord of hosts, how long is your anger to smoke, despite the prayer of your people?
5 Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.
You have fed them with bread of tears, you have made them drink tears by the measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.
The scorn of our neighbors you make us, the laughing-stock of our foes.
7 God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
God of hosts, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
8 A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.
A vine out of Egypt you brought; you did drive out the nations, and plant her;
9 Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,
in the ground you did clear she struck root, and she filled all the land.
10 Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.
The shade of her covered the mountains, her branches the cedars of God.
11 It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.
She sent forth her shoots to the sea, and her branches as far as the River.
12 Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?
Why have you torn down her fences, and left her to be plucked at by all who pass by,
13 A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.
to be gnawed by the boar from the forest, and devoured by the beasts of the field?
14 God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,
O God of hosts, return: look down from heaven and see and visit this vine, and restore her
15 And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,
the vine which your right hand has planted.
16 Burnt with fire — cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.
She is burned with fire and cut down before your stern face they are perishing.
17 Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.
Support the one you have chosen, the one you have raised for yourself;
18 And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.
then from you we will never draw back. Preserve us, and we will call on your name.
19 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!
Lord, God of hosts, restore us: Show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
