Psalm 80Psalms80

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

2. 1BSBFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forthKJVKJV: To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
3. 2BSBbefore Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.KJVKJV: Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
4. 3BSBRestore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.KJVKJV: Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
5. 4BSBO LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?KJVKJV: O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
6. 5BSBYou fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.KJVKJV: Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
7. 6BSBYou make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.KJVKJV: Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
8. 7BSBRestore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.KJVKJV: Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
9. 8BSBYou uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.KJVKJV: Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
10. 9BSBYou cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.KJVKJV: Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
11. 10BSBThe mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.KJVKJV: The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
12. 11BSBIt sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.KJVKJV: She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
13. 12BSBWhy have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?KJVKJV: Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
14. 13BSBThe boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.KJVKJV: The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
15. 14BSBReturn, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—KJVKJV: Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
16. 15BSBthe root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.KJVKJV: And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
17. 16BSBYour vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.KJVKJV: It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
18. 17BSBLet Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.KJVKJV: Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
19. 18BSBThen we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.KJVKJV: So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
20. 19BSBRestore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.KJVKJV: Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.