# Psalm 80 ## Psalm 80:1 - [KJV] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest *between* the cherubims, shine forth. - [ASV] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest *above* the cherubim, shine forth. - [YLT] Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs -- shine forth, ### Notes on Psalm 80:1 - ## Psalm 80:2 - [KJV] Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come *and* save us. - [ASV] Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. - [YLT] Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation. ### Notes on Psalm 80:2 - ## Psalm 80:3 - [KJV] Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. - [ASV] Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. - [YLT] O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved. ### Notes on Psalm 80:3 - ## Psalm 80:4 - [KJV] O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? - [ASV] O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? - [YLT] Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people. ### Notes on Psalm 80:4 - ## Psalm 80:5 - [KJV] Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. - [ASV] Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. - [YLT] Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time. ### Notes on Psalm 80:5 - ## Psalm 80:6 - [KJV] Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. - [ASV] Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. - [YLT] Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it. ### Notes on Psalm 80:6 - ## Psalm 80:7 - [KJV] Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. - [ASV] Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. - [YLT] God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved. ### Notes on Psalm 80:7 - ## Psalm 80:8 - [KJV] Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. - [ASV] Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it. - [YLT] A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it. ### Notes on Psalm 80:8 - ## Psalm 80:9 - [KJV] Thou preparedst *room* before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. - [ASV] Thou preparedst *room* before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. - [YLT] Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land, ### Notes on Psalm 80:9 - ## Psalm 80:10 - [KJV] The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof *were like* the goodly cedars. - [ASV] The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were *like* cedars of God. - [YLT] Covered have been hills *with* its shadow, And its boughs *are* cedars of God. ### Notes on Psalm 80:10 - ## Psalm 80:11 - [KJV] She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. - [ASV] It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. - [YLT] It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings. ### Notes on Psalm 80:11 - ## Psalm 80:12 - [KJV] Why hast thou *then* broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? - [ASV] Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? - [YLT] Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it? ### Notes on Psalm 80:12 - ## Psalm 80:13 - [KJV] The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. - [ASV] The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. - [YLT] A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it. ### Notes on Psalm 80:13 - ## Psalm 80:14 - [KJV] Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; - [ASV] Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, - [YLT] God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine, ### Notes on Psalm 80:14 - ## Psalm 80:15 - [KJV] And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch *that* thou madest strong for thyself. - [ASV] And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. - [YLT] And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee, ### Notes on Psalm 80:15 - ## Psalm 80:16 - [KJV] *It is* burned with fire, *it is* cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. - [ASV] It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. - [YLT] Burnt with fire -- cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish. ### Notes on Psalm 80:16 - ## Psalm 80:17 - [KJV] Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man *whom* thou madest strong for thyself. - [ASV] Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. - [YLT] Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself. ### Notes on Psalm 80:17 - ## Psalm 80:18 - [KJV] So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. - [ASV] So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. - [YLT] And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call. ### Notes on Psalm 80:18 - ## Psalm 80:19 - [KJV] Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. - [ASV] Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. - [YLT] O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved! ### Notes on Psalm 80:19 -