Psalms 80

1 To him that excelleth on Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Heare, O thou Shepheard of Israel, thou that leadest Ioseph like sheepe: shewe thy brightnes, thou that sittest betweene the Cherubims.

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] TO “LILIES OF TESTIMONY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubim—shine forth,

2 Before Ephraim and Beniamin and Manasseh stirre vp thy strength, and come to helpe vs.

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

3 Turne vs againe, O God, and cause thy face to shine that we may be saued.

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

4 O Lord God of hostes, how long wilt thou be angrie against the prayer of thy people?

YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned against the prayer of Your people.

5 Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.

You have caused them to eat bread of tears, And cause them to drink With tears a third time.

6 Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh at vs among themselues.

You make us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

7 Turne vs againe, O God of hostes: cause thy face to shine, and we shalbe saued.

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

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

You bring a vine out of Egypt, You cast out nations, and plant it.

9 Thou madest roume for it, and didest cause it to take roote, and it filled the land.

You have looked before it, and root it, And it fills the land,

10 The mountaines were couered with the shadowe of it, and the boughes thereof were like the goodly cedars.

Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

11 Shee stretched out her branches vnto the Sea, and her boughes vnto the Riuer.

It sends forth its branches to the sea, And its shoots to the river.

12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?

Why have You broken down its hedges, And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?

13 The wilde bore out of the wood hath destroyed it, and the wilde beastes of the fielde haue eaten it vp.

A boar out of the forest tears it, And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.

14 Returne we beseech thee, O God of hostes: looke downe from heauen and beholde and visite this vine,

God of Hosts, turn back, we implore You, Look from the heavens, and see, and inspect this vine,

15 And the vineyard, that thy right hand hath planted, and the young vine, which thou madest strong for thy selfe.

And the root that Your right hand planted, And the branch You made strong for Yourself,

16 It is burnt with fire and cut downe: and they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Burned with fire—cut down, They perish from the rebuke of Your face.

17 Let thine hande be vpon the man of thy right hande, and vpon the sonne of man, whome thou madest strong for thine owne selfe.

Let Your hand be on the man of Your right hand On the son of man You have strengthened for Yourself.

18 So will not we goe backe from thee: reuiue thou vs, and we shall call vpon thy Name.

And we do not go back from You, You revive us, and in Your Name we call.

19 Turne vs againe, O Lord God of hostes: cause thy face to shine and we shalbe saued.

O YHWH, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Your face to shine, and we are saved!