ਜ਼ਬੂਰ 80
1 ੧ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਵਜਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਦੇ ਲਈ ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤ੍ਰਿਮੇਦੂਤ ਰਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਸਾਫ਼ ਦਾ ਭਜਨ। ਹੇ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਦੇ ਅਯਾਲੀ, ਜਿਹੜਾ ਇੱਜੜ ਦੀ ਨਿਆਈਂ ਯੂਸੁਫ਼ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈਂ ਕੰਨ ਧਰ, ਤੂੰ ਹੋ ਕਰੂਬੀਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਉੱਪਰ ਬਿਰਾਜਮਾਨ ਹੈਂ ਆਪਣਾ ਤੇਜ ਵਿਖਾ!
[Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
4 ੪ ਹੇ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਸੈਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ, ਤੂੰ ਕਦ ਤਾਈਂ ਆਪਣੀ ਪਰਜਾ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਰਥਨਾ ਉੱਤੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਕਹਿਰ ਰੂਪੀ ਧੂੰਆਂ ਕਰਦਾ ਰਹੇਂਗਾ?
Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
8 ੮ ਤੂੰ ਮਿਸਰ ਤੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਦਾਖ ਦੀ ਬੇਲ ਨੂੰ ਕੱਢ ਲਿਆਇਆ, ਤੂੰ ਪਰਾਈਆਂ ਕੌਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਾਹਰ ਕੱਢ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਲਾਇਆ।
[Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
[Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
