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Oh, giveear, 1Shepherd of Israel, You who lead2Joseph like a flock ; You who 3are enthroned above the cherubim, shineforth !
2Before4Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, 5stir up Your power And come to save us!
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O God, 6restore us And 7cause Your face to shine upon us, aand we will be saved.
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O 8LORDGod of hosts, 9Howlong will You bbe angry with the prayer of Your people ?
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You have fed them with the 10bread of tears, And You have made them to drinktears in clargemeasure.
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You make us dan object of contention11to our neighbors, And our enemieslaugh among themselves.
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O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, eand we will be saved.
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You removed a 12vine from Egypt ; You 13drove out the fnations and 14planted it.
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You 15cleared the ground before it, And it 16tookdeeproot and filled the land.
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The mountains were covered with its shadow, And gthe cedars of God with its 17boughs.
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It was sending out its branches18to the sea And its shoots to the River.
12Why have You 19brokendown its hhedges, So that all who pass that waypick its fruit?
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A boar from the forest20eats it away And whatevermoves in the fieldfeeds on it.
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O God of hosts, 21turnagainnow, we beseech You; 22Lookdown from heaven and see, and takecare of thisvine,
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Even the i23shootwhich Your righthand has planted, And on the json whom You have kstrengthened for Yourself.
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It is 24burned with fire, it is cutdown ; They perish at the 25rebuke of Your countenance.
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Let 26Your hand be upon the man of Your righthand, Upon the son of man whom You 27madestrong for Yourself.
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Then we shall not 28turnback from You; 29Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
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O LORDGod of hosts, 30restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, land we will be saved.
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