| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Before
[a]Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Stir up Your might, and come to save us! |
| 3 | Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved! |
| 4 | O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people’s prayers? |
| 5 | You have fed them with the bread of tears, and You have given them tears to drink in large measure. |
| 6 | You make us a strife
and
scorn to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. |
| 7 | 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! |
| 8 | You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan]. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 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! |
Cross references:
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Psalm 80:11 : I Kings 4:21.
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