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New International Version NIV
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
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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 Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.
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before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
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How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
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You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
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You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
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You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, 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 the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.
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The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.
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Its branches reached as far as the Sea,its shoots as far as the River.
12 Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
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Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
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Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.
14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,
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Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
15 And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
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the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
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Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
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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 So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.
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Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall 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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