The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 For the leader. Set to "Lilies."A testimony. A psalm of Asaf: Shepherd of Isra'el, listen! You who lead Yosef like a flock, you whose throne is on the k'ruvim, shine out!
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Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
2 Before Efrayim, Binyamin and M'nasheh, rouse your power; and come to save us.
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before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
3 God, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
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Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
4 ADONAI, God of armies, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
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How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
5 You have fed them tears as their bread and made them drink tears in abundance.
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You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
6 You make our neighbors fight over us, and our enemies mock us.
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You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
7 God of armies, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
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Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
8 You brought a vine out of Egypt, you expelled the nations and planted it,
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You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
9 you cleared a space for it; then it took root firmly and filled the land.
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You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;
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The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 It put out branches as far as the sea and shoots to the [Euphrates] River.
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Its branches reached as far as the Sea,its shoots as far as the River.
12 Why did you break down [the vineyard's] wall, so that all passing by can pluck [its fruit]?
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Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 The boar from the forest tears it apart; wild creatures from the fields feed on it.
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Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.
14 God of armies, please come back! Look from heaven, see, and tend this vine!
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Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
15 Protect what your right hand planted, the son you made strong for yourself.
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the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.
16 It is burned by fire, it is cut down; they perish at your frown of rebuke.
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Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
17 Help the man at your right hand, the son of man you made strong for yourself.
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Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
18 Then we won't turn away from you if you revive us, we will call on your name.
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Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
19 ADONAI, God of armies, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
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Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
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