Psalms 80

1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who lead Joseph like a flock. Thou who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!

Stir up thy might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come to save us.

3 Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

4 LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

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

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

6 You make us a source of contention to our neighbours. Our enemies laugh amongst themselves.

Thou make us hatred to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Turn us again, God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

8 You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

Thou brought a vine out of Egypt. Thou drove out the nations, and planted it.

9 You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.

Thou prepared place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.

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

11 It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.

It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.

12 Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

Why have thou broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

13 The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.

The boar out of the wood ravages it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

14 Turn again, we beg you, God of Hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and, behold, and visit this vine,

15 the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

and the stock which thy right hand planted, and the branch that thou made strong for thyself.

16 It’s burnt with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.

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

17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou made strong for thyself,

18 So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

so shall we not go back from thee. Revive thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

19 Turn us again, LORD God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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