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.

For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guide Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubs, manifest yourself;

2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!

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

3 Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

4 LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

O Lord God of hosts, how long are you angry with the prayer of your servant?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure.

6 You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.

You has made us a strife to our neighbors; and our enemies have mocked at us.

7 Turn us again, God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

8 You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9 You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.

You made a way before it, and did cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it].

10 The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.

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

11 It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.

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

12 Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

Therefore have you broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way 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 wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.

14 Turn again, we beg you, God of Hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

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

15 the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

and restore that which your right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

16 It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.

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

17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself.

18 So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

So will we not depart from you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your name.

19 Turn us again, LORD God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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