| | King James | American std | Diodati |
| 1 | Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. | Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth. | Al maestro del coro. Sul motivo: "I gigli della testimonianza". Salmo di Asaf. Ascolta |
| 2 | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. | Risveglia la tua potenza davanti a Efraim, a Beniamino e a Manasse, e vieni a liberarci. |
| 3 | Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. | O DIO ristoraci, fa' risplendere il tuo volto e saremo salvati. |
| 4 | O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | O Eterno, DIO degli eserciti, fino a quando sarai adirato contro la preghiera del tuo popolo? |
| 5 | Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. | Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. | Tu li hai cibati con pane intriso di pianto, e hai dato loro da bere lacrime in abbondanza. |
| 6 | Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. | Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. | Tu ci hai fatti un oggetto di contesa per i nostri vicini, e i nostri nemici ridono tra di loro. |
| 7 | Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. | O DIO degli eserciti, ristoraci fa' risplendere il tuo volto e saremo salvati. |
| 8 | Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. | Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it. | Tu portasti fuori dall'Egitto una vite scacciasti le nazioni e la piantasti. |
| 9 | Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. | Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. | Tu sgombrasti il terreno davanti a lei, ed essa mise radici e riempì la terra. |
| 10 | The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. | The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God. | I monti furono coperti con la sua ombra e i cedri di DIO con i suoi tralci. |
| 11 | She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. | It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. | Allungò i suoi rami fino al mare e i suoi germogli fino al fiume. |
| 12 | Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? | Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? | Perché hai rotto i suoi recinti e così tutti i passanti ne raccolgono i frutti? |
| 13 | The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. | The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. | Il cinghiale del bosco la devasta e le fiere della campagna vi pascolano. |
| 14 | Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; | Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, | O DIO degli eserciti, ti preghiamo, ritorna; guarda dal cielo e vedi, e visita questa vigna, |
| 15 | And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. | And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. | e le piante che la tua destra ha piantato, e il germoglio che tu hai reso forte per te. |
| 16 | It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. | It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. | Essa è arsa dal fuoco ed è recisa; essi periscono alla minaccia del tuo volto. |
| 17 | Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. | Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. | Sia la tua mano sull'uomo della tua destra, sul figlio dell'uomo che hai reso forte per te. |
| 18 | So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. | So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. | Così non ci allontaneremo più da te. Facci rivivere e noi invocheremo il tuo nome. |
| 19 | Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. | O Eterno, DIO degli eserciti, ristoraci; fa' risplendere il tuo volto e saremo salvati. |
