80:1 GIVE EAR, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock; You Who sit enthroned upon the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth |
80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Stir up Your might, and come to save us! |
80:3 Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved! |
80:4 O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people's prayers? |
80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and You have given them tears to drink in large measure. |
80:6 You make us a strife {and} scorn to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. |
80:7 Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved! |
80:8 You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan]. |
80:9 You prepared room before it, and it took deep root and it filled the land. |
80:10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God]. |
80:11 [Israel] sent out its boughs to the [Mediterranean] Sea and its branches to the [Euphrates] River. |
80:12 Why have You broken down its hedges {and} walls so that all who pass by pluck from its fruit? |
80:13 The boar out of the wood wastes it and the wild beast of the field feeds on it. |
80:14 Turn again, we beseech You, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven and see, visit, {and} have regard for this vine! |
80:15 [Protect and maintain] the stock which Your right hand planted, and the branch (the son) that You have reared {and} made strong for Yourself. |
80:16 They have burned it with fire, it is cut down; may they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. |
80:17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself. |
80:18 Then will we not depart from You; revive us (give us life) and we will call upon Your name. |
80:19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine [in pleasure, approval, and favor on us], and we shall be saved! |