Psalms 80

1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, 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.

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 strength, and come and save us.

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

3 Restore 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 feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great 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 to our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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

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

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

9 Thou didst prepare room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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

10 The hills were covered with its shadow, and its boughs were like the goodly cedars.

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

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

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

12 Why hast thou then broke down her hedges, so that all they who 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 from the forest doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

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

14 Return, 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 vineyard which thy right hand 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 burnt 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 will we not go back from thee: revive 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 Restore 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!