1 To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

2 \80:1\Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

3 \80:2\Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.

4 \80:3\Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

5 \80:4\O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

6 \80:5\You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.

7 \80:6\You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

8 \80:7\Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

9 \80:8\You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

10 \80:9\You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

11 \80:10\The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.

12 \80:11\It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.

13 \80:12\Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

14 \80:13\It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

15 \80:14\Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,

16 \80:15\Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.

17 \80:16\It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

18 \80:17\Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

19 \80:18\So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

20 \80:19\Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

2 Revela todo o poder que tens para salvar diante de todos os que são teus, diante de Efraim, diante de Benjamim, diante de Manassés.

4 Ó Senhor Deus, chefe dos exércitos celestiais, continuarás indignado, rejeitando a oração do teu povo?

5 Tu nos tens sustentado com abundância de tristeza e lágrimas.

6 Transformaste-nos num objecto de desprezo para os nossos vizinhos. E os nossos inimigos riem de nós, entre si.

9 Limpaste o terreno, preparaste o solo, criámos raízes e enchemos a terra.

10 Os montes cobriram-se com a sombra das nossas habitações. A nossa força cresceu como a dos ramos de cedros gigantes.

11 Estendemo-nos desde o grande rio, o Eufrates, até ao mar.

12 Porque deixastes então que os nossos muros fossem quebrados, de forma que toda a gente passa pelos nossos campos e tira o que quer?

13 O javali e todos os animais selvagens nos devoram, nos devastam.

14 Ó Deus dos exércitos divinos, volta-te para nós, pedimos-te. Olha desde os céus, vê a nossa aflição e visita esta tua vinha.

15 Sim, protege esta videira que tu próprio plantaste, que regaste e criaste.

16 Fomos queimados, cortados pelos nossos inimigos. Que eles pereçam pela tua desaprovação!

19 Conduz-nos de novo para ti, ó Deus dos exércitos divinos. Olha para nós com alegria e amor, e seremos salvos.