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 upon the cherubim, shine forth.

To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. — A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs — shine forth,

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

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

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

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

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

Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned 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 caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.

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

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

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

A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

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

Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

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

Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

11 She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.

It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.

12 Why hast thou broken down her fences, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

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

A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.

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

God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,

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

And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,

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

Burnt with fire — cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

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 on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

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

And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

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

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