Psalmorum 80
1 In finem, Pro iis, qui commutabuntur, testimonium Asaph, Psalmus. Qui regis Israel, intende: qui deducis velut ovem Ioseph. Qui sedes super cherubim, manifestare
[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 coram Ephraim, Beniamin, et Manasse. Excita potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
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 Deus converte nos: et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus.
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 Domine Deus virtutum, quousque irasceris super orationem servi tui?
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 Cibabis nos pane lacrymarum: et potum dabis nobis in lacrymis in mensura?
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Posuisti nos in contradictionem vicinis nostris: et inimici nostri subsannaverunt nos.
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 Deus virtutum converte nos: et ostende faciem tuam: et salvi erimus.
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 Vineam de Ægypto transtulisti: eiecisti Gentes, et plantasti eam.
[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 Dux itineris fuisti in conspectu eius: plantasti radices eius, et implevit terram.
[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 Operuit montes umbra eius: et arbusta eius cedros Dei.
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 Extendit palmites suos usque ad mare: et usque ad flumen propagines eius.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 Ut quid destruxisti maceriam eius: et vindemiant eam omnes, qui prætergrediuntur viam?
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 Exterminavit eam aper de silva: et singularis ferus depastus est eam.
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 Deus virtutum convertere: respice de cælo, et vide, et visita vineam istam.
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 Et perfice eam, quam plantavit dextera tua: et super filium hominis, quem confirmasti tibi.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 Incensa igni, et suffossa ab increpatione vultus tui peribunt.
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Fiat manus tua super virum dexteræ tuæ: et super filium hominis, quem confirmasti tibi.
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Et non discedimus a te, vivificabis nos: et nomen tuum invocabimus.
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 Domine Deus virtutum converte nos: et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
