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,

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.

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

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.

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

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

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

O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

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

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

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

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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

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

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

Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.

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

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

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

Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

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

The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

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

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

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

And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.

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

[It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.

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

So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

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

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.