Psaltaren 80
1 En Psalm Assaphs, om gyldene rosena, till att föresjunga. Hör, Israels Herde, du som leder Joseph såsom får; bete dig, du som sitter på Cherubim.
[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.
2 Uppväck dina magt, du som för Ephraim, BenJamin och Manasse äst, och kom oss till hjelp.
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!
3 Gud, tröst oss, och låt ditt ansigte lysa, så varde vi hulpne.
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 Herre Gud Zebaoth, huru länge vill du vred vara öfver dins folks bön?
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?
5 Du spisar dem med tårars bröd, och skänker dem ett stort mått, fullt med tårar.
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Du lätst alla våra grannar banna oss, och våra fiendar bespotta oss.
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.
7 Gud Zebaoth, tröst oss; låt ditt ansigte lysa, så varde vi hulpne.
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 Du hafver hemtat ditt vinträ utur Egypten, och hafver fördrifvit Hedningarna, och planterat det.
[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.
9 Du hafver röjt vägen för thy, och låtit det väl rota sig, så att det hafver uppfyllt landet.
[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].
10 Bergen äro med dess skugga öfvertäckte, och med dess qvistar Guds cedreträ.
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 Du hafver utsträckt dess qvistar intill hafvet, och dess telningar allt intill älfvena.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 Hvi hafver du så sönderbrutit dess gård, att deraf rifver allt det som der framom går?
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,
13 De vildsvin hafva uppgräfvit det, och de vilddjur hafva afbitit det.
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 Gud Zebaoth, vänd dig dock; skåda neder af himmelen, och se härtill, och besök detta vinträt;
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,
15 Och håll det vid magt, som din högra hand planterat hafver, och det du dig stadeliga utvalt hafver.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 Se dertill, och straffat; att på det brännande och rifvande må en ände varda.
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Din hand beskydde dins högra hands folk, och de menniskor, som du dig stadeliga utvalt hafver;
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Så vilje vi intet ifrå dig vika. Låt oss lefva, så vilje vi åkalla ditt Namn.
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.
19 Herre Gud Zebaoth, tröst oss. Låt ditt ansigte lysa, så varde vi hulpne.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
