Psalms 80

1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.

For the chief musician, set to the Shoshannim Eduth style. A psalm of Asaph. Pay attention, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit above the cherubim, shine on us!

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.

In the sight of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your power; come and save us.

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

God, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.

4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Yahweh God of hosts, how long will you be angry at your people when they pray?

5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in great quantities.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

You make us something for our neighbors to argue over, and our enemies laugh about us among themselves.

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

God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.

8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

You cleared the land for it; it took root and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.

The mountains were covered with its shade, the cedars of God by its branches.

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

It sent out its branches as far as the sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River.

12 Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by along the road pluck its fruit?

13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

The boars out of the forest ruin it, and the beasts of the field feed on it.

14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

Turn back, God of hosts; look down from heaven and take notice and take care of this vine.

15 And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

This is the root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you made to grow.

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

It has been burned and cut down; they perish because of your rebuke.

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

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

18 So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.

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

Yahweh God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.