Al director musical. Sígase la tonada de «Los lirios del pacto». Salmo de Asaf.

80 Pastor de Israel, ¡escúchanos!
    tú que guías a José como a un rebaño,
tú que tienes tu trono entre los querubines, ¡resplandece!
Delante de Efraín, Benjamín y Manasés,
    muestra tu poder y ven a salvarnos.

¡Restáuranos, oh Dios!
    ¡Haz resplandecer tu rostro sobre nosotros,
    y sálvanos!

¿Hasta cuándo, Señor Dios de los Ejércitos,
    arderá tu ira
    contra las oraciones de tu pueblo?
Por comida le has dado pan de lágrimas;
    por bebida, lágrimas en abundancia.
Nos has hecho motivo de contienda para nuestros vecinos;
    nuestros enemigos se burlan de nosotros.

¡Restáuranos, oh Dios de los Ejércitos!
    ¡Haz resplandecer tu rostro sobre nosotros,
    y sálvanos!

De Egipto trajiste una vid;
    expulsaste a los pueblos paganos y la plantaste.
Le limpiaste el terreno,
    y ella echó raíces y llenó la tierra.
10 Su sombra se extendía hasta las montañas,
    su follaje cubría los cedros majestuosos.
11 Sus ramas se extendieron hasta el Mediterráneo
    y sus renuevos hasta el Éufrates.

12 ¿Por qué has derribado sus muros?
    ¡Todos los que pasan le arrancan uvas!
13 Los jabalíes del bosque la destruyen,
    los animales del campo la devoran.
14 ¡Vuélvete a nosotros, oh Dios de los Ejércitos!
    ¡Asómate a vernos desde el cielo
    y brinda tus cuidados a esta vid!
15 ¡Es la raíz que plantaste con tu diestra!
    ¡Es el vástago que has criado para ti!

16 Tu vid está derribada, quemada por el fuego;
    a tu reprensión perece tu pueblo.[a]
17 Bríndale tu apoyo al hombre de tu diestra,
    al hijo de hombre que has criado para ti.
18 Entonces no nos apartaremos de ti;
    reavívanos e invocaremos tu nombre.

19 ¡Restáuranos, Señor Dios de los Ejércitos!
    Haz resplandecer tu rostro sobre nosotros,
    y sálvanos.

Footnotes

  1. 80:16 Tu vid … tu pueblo (lectura probable); Haz que perezcan, a tu reprensión, / los que la queman y destruyen (TM).

Psalm 80

To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Lilies, a Testimony.” A Psalm of Asaph.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock; You Who sit enthroned upon the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth

Before [a]Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Stir up Your might, and come to save us!

Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved!

O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people’s prayers?

You have fed them with the bread of tears, and You have given them tears to drink in large measure.

You make us a strife and scorn to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved!

You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan].

You prepared room before it, and it took deep root and it filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God].

11 [Israel] sent out its boughs to the [Mediterranean] Sea and its branches to the [Euphrates] River.(A)

12 Why have You broken down its hedges and walls so that all who pass by pluck from its fruit?

13 The boar out of the wood wastes it and the wild beast of the field feeds on it.

14 Turn again, we beseech You, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven and see, visit, and have regard for this vine!

15 [Protect and maintain] the stock which Your right hand planted, and the branch (the son) that You have reared and made strong for Yourself.

16 They have burned it with fire, it is cut down; may they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.

18 Then will we not depart from You; revive us (give us life) and we will call upon Your name.

19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine [in pleasure, approval, and favor on us], and we shall be saved!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:2 It is supposed that these three tribes represented the whole twelve tribes of Israel, Benjamin being incorporated with Judah, Manasseh embracing the country beyond the Jordan, and Ephraim the remainder. It was natural for the Israelites to think of the three in one group, for they had camped together on the west side of the tabernacle during the years in the wilderness, and also they were the only descendants of Jacob’s wife Rachel.