Psalms 80

1 To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.

For the leader. On shoshannim, eduth. Of Asaph, a psalm. Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock of sheep; from your throne on the cherubs shine forth

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.

before Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin. Stir up your mighty power, come to our help.

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

God, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.

4 Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?

O Lord of hosts, how long is your anger to smoke, despite the prayer of your people?

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

You have fed them with bread of tears, you have made them drink tears by the measure.

6 Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.

The scorn of our neighbors you make us, the laughing-stock of our foes.

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

God of hosts, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.

8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:

A vine out of Egypt you brought; you did drive out the nations, and plant her;

9 Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;

in the ground you did clear she struck root, and she filled all the land.

10 The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of God;

The shade of her covered the mountains, her branches the cedars of God.

11 It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.

She sent forth her shoots to the sea, and her branches as far as the River.

12 Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?

Why have you torn down her fences, and left her to be plucked at by all who pass by,

13 The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.

to be gnawed by the boar from the forest, and devoured by the beasts of the field?

14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;

O God of hosts, return: look down from heaven and see and visit this vine, and restore her

15 Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

the vine which your right hand has planted.

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

She is burned with fire and cut down before your stern face they are perishing.

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

Support the one you have chosen, the one you have raised for yourself;

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

then from you we will never draw back. Preserve us, and we will call on your name.

19 Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Lord, God of hosts, restore us: Show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.