Psalms 80

1To 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,

1 Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

2Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.

2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.

3O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

3Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

4Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

4O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

5Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

5You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.

6Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.

6You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

7God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

7Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

8A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

8You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

9Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

9You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

10Covered have been hills <FI>with<Fi> its shadow, And its boughs <FI>are<Fi> cedars of God.

10The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.

11It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.

11It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.

12Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

12Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

13A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.

13It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

14God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,

14Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,

15And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,

15Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.

16Burnt with fire--cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

16It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

17Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

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

18And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

18So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

19O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

19Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.