< Psalms 80 >

1 For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
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.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.
3 O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, 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 people?
O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 O God of hosts, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, 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 didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.
Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
9 Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.
The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.
11 She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.
It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.
12 Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?
Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.
The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,
Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,
15 And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.
And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.
It is burned 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, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong 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 So shall we not turn back from Thee; quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.
So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 O LORD God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

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