Psalms 80

1 Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, 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 cherubim, shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.

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

3 Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.

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

4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?

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

5 How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?

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

6 Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.

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

8 Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.

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

9 Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.

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

10 The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.

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

11 It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.

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

12 Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?

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

13 The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.

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

14 Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:

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

15 And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.

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

16 Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed 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 depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.

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

19 O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.

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