Psalm 79

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀλλοιωθησομένων· μαρτύριον τῷ Ἀσάφ, ψαλμὸς ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἀσσυρίου.

1 (80) For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guide Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubs, manifest yourself;

2 Ο ΠΟΙΜΑΙΝΩΝ τὸν Ἰσραήλ, πρόσχες, ὁ ὁδηγῶν ὡσεὶ πρόβατα τὸν Ἰωσήφ. ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῶν Χερουβίμ, ἐμφάνηθι.

2 In the English, this verse is part of verse 1.

3 ἐναντίον Ἐφραὶμ καὶ Βενιαμὶν καὶ Μανασσῆ ἐξέγειρον τὴν δυναστείαν σου καὶ ἐλθὲ εἰς τὸ σῶσαι ἡμᾶς.

3 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up your power, and come to deliver us. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 ὁ Θεός, ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου καὶ σωθησόμεθα.

4 Turn us, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be delivered. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

5 Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων, ἕως πότε ὀργίζῃ ἐπὶ τὴν προσευχὴν τῶν δούλων σου;

5 O Lord God of hosts, how long are you angry with the prayer of your servant? (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 ψωμιεῖς ἡμᾶς ἄρτον δακρύων; καὶ ποτιεῖς ἡμᾶς ἐν δάκρυσιν ἐν μέτρῳ;

6 You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

7 ἔθου ἡμᾶς εἰς ἀντιλογίαν τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν, καὶ οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν ἐμυκτήρισαν ἡμᾶς.

7 You have made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

8 Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ σωθησόμεθα. (διάψαλμα).

8 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. Pause. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

9 ἄμπελον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου μετῇρας, ἐξέβαλες ἔθνη καὶ κατεφύτευσας αὐτήν·

9 You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

10 ὡδοποίησας ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῆς καὶ κατεφύτευσας τὰς ρίζας αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπλήρωσε τὴν γῆν.

10 You made a way before it, and did cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it]. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

11 ἐκάλυψεν ὄρη ἡ σκιὰ αὐτῆς καὶ αἱ ἀναδενδράδες αὐτῆς τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Θεοῦ·

11 Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

12 ἐξέτεινε τὰ κλήματα αὐτῆς ἕως θαλάσσης καὶ ἕως ποταμῶν τὰς παραφυάδας αὐτῆς.

12 It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

13 ἱνατί καθεῖλες τὸν φραγμὸν αὐτῆς καὶ τρυγῶσιν αὐτὴν πάντες οἱ παραπορευόμενοι τὴν ὁδόν;

13 Therefore have you broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it? (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

14 ἐλυμήνατο αὐτὴν ὗς ἐκ δρυμοῦ, καὶ μονιὸς ἄγριος κατενεμήσατο αὐτήν.

14 The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it. (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

15 ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐπίστρεψον δή, καὶ ἐπίβλεψον ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἴδε καὶ ἐπίσκεψαι τὴν ἄμπελον ταύτην

15 O God of hosts, turn, we pray you: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine; (verse 14 in Brenton's English)

16 καὶ κατάρτισαι αὐτήν, ἣν ἐφύτευσεν ἡ δεξιά σου, καὶ ἐπὶ υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου, ὃν ἐκραταίωσας σεαυτῷ.

16 and restore that which your right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself. (verse 15 in Brenton's English)

17 ἐμπεπυρισμένη πυρὶ καὶ ἀνεσκαμμένη· ἀπὸ ἐπιτιμήσεως τοῦ προσώπου σου ἀπολοῦνται.

17 [It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of your presence. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)

18 γενηθήτω ἡ χείρ σου ἐπ᾿ ἄνδρα δεξιᾶς σου καὶ ἐπὶ υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου, ὃν ἐκραταίωσας σεαυτῷ·

18 Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself. (verse 17 in Brenton's English)

19 καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστῶμεν ἀπὸ σοῦ, ζωώσεις ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπικαλεσόμεθα.

19 So will we not depart from you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your name. (verse 18 in Brenton's English)

20 Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ σωθησόμεθα.

20 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and make your face to shine; and we shall be saved. (verse 19 in Brenton's English)