80:1 To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who leadest Joseph like a flock! Thou who art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth
80:1 To the leader: on Lilies, a Covenant. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth

80:2 before E'phraim and Benjamin and Manas'seh! Stir up thy might, and come to save us!
80:2 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, and come to save us!

80:3 Restore us, O God; let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
80:3 Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.

80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people's prayers?
80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?

80:5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure.
80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure.

80:6 Thou dost make us the scorn of our neighbors; and our enemies laugh among themselves.
80:6 You make us the scorn of our neighbors; our enemies laugh among themselves.

80:7 Restore us, O God of hosts; let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
80:7 Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved.

80:8 Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; thou didst drive out the nations and plant it.
80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

80:9 Thou didst clear the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
80:9 You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.

80:10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;
80:10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;

80:11 it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.
80:11 it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.

80:12 Why then hast thou broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
80:12 Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?

80:13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.
80:13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.

80:14 Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
80:14 Turn again, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,

80:15 the stock which thy right hand planted.
80:15 the stock that your right hand planted.

80:16 They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance!
80:16 They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.

80:17 But let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself!
80:17 But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand, the one whom you made strong for yourself.

80:18 Then we will never turn back from thee; give us life, and we will call on thy name!
80:18 Then we will never turn back from you; give us life, and we will call on your name.

80:19 Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
80:19 Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved.