Psalms 80:1-13 ▼

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] TO “LILIES OF TESTIMONY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, || Leading Joseph as a flock, || Inhabiting the cherubim—shine forth,

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

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

4 YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned against the prayer of Your people.

5 You have caused them to eat bread of tears, || And cause them to drink || With tears a third time.

6 You make us a strife to our neighbors, || And our enemies mock at it.

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

8 You bring a vine out of Egypt, || You cast out nations, and plant it.

9 You have looked before it, and root it, || And it fills the land,

10 Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, || And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

11 It sends forth its branches to the sea, || And its shoots to the river.

12 Why have You broken down its hedges, || And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?

13 A boar out of the forest tears it, || And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.