Psalms 80

1 For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guidest Joseph like a flock; thou who sittest upon the cherubs, manifest thyself;

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,

2 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up thy power, and come to deliver us.

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

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

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

4 O Lord God of hosts, how long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?

Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

5 Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; and wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.

Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

6 Thou has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.

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

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

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

A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

9 Thou madest a way before it, and didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it].

Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

10 Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars.

Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

11 It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.

It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.

12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

13 The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.

A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.

14 O God of hosts, turn, we pray thee: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine;

God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,

15 and restore that which thy right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.

And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,

16 [It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of thy presence.

Burnt with fire — cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.

Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

18 So will we not depart from thee: thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

19 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and make thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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