Rotherham - Psalms - 80

80:1  O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!

80:2  Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.

80:3  O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.

80:4  O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?

80:5  Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.

80:6  Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.

80:7  O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.

80:8  A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;

80:9  Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;

80:10  Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.

80:11  It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea,—And, unto the River, its shoots.

80:12  Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?

80:13  The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.

80:14  O God of hosts, return, we pray thee,—Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:

80:15  Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.

80:16  To be burned with fire, it is cut down,—At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.

80:17  Let thy hand be, Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself;

80:18  So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.

80:19  O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.