Psalms 80
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Psalms 80
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For the Chief Musician, set to Shoshanim 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. | To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.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. |
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation. |
Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. | Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe. |
O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people? |
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. | You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure. |
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. | You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves. |
Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. | Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe. |
Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it. | You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land. |
Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. | You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land. |
The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God. | The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches. |
It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. | It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River. |
Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? | Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit? |
The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. | It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it. |
Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, | Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it, |
And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. | Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself. |
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 are made waste by the wrath of your face. |
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. | Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. |
So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. | So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name. |
Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. | Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe. |