80:1 [For the music director; set to ①El Shoshannim; ②Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.]
Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
Who leads Joseph like a flock;
You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
▷ ①Possibly, to the Lilies ②Lit A testimony
80:2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, awaken Your power,
And come to save us!
80:3 God, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, ①and we will be saved.
▷ ①Or that we may
80:4 LORD God of armies,
How long will You ①be angry with the prayer of Your people?
▷ ①Lit smoke against
80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in ①large measure.
▷ ①Lit a third part of a
80:6 You make us ①an object of contention to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
▷ ①Lit strife to
80:7 God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, ①and we will be saved.
▷ ①Or that we may
80:8 You removed a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the ①nations and planted it.
▷ ①Or Gentiles
80:9 You cleared the ground before it,
And it took deep root and filled the land.
80:10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And ①the cedars of God with its branches.
▷ ①Or its boughs are like the cedars of God
80:11 It was sending out its branches to the sea
And its shoots to the Euphrates River.
80:12 Why have You broken down its ①hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
▷ ①Or walls, fences
80:13 A boar from the forest eats it away,
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
80:14 God of armies, do turn back;
Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
80:15 The ①shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And of the ②son whom You have ③strengthened for Yourself.
▷ ①Or root ②Or figuratively: branch ③Or secured
80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish from the rebuke of Your face.
80:17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
80:18 Then we will not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
80:19 LORD God of armies, restore us;
Make Your face shine upon us, ①and we will be saved.
▷ ①Or that we may