The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
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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<To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
2 Before Efrayim, Binyamin and M'nasheh, rouse your power; and come to save us.
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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.
3 God, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
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Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
4 ADONAI, God of armies, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
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O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest 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 given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.
6 You make our neighbors fight over us, and our enemies mock us.
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You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.
7 God of armies, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
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Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
8 You brought a vine out of Egypt, you expelled the nations and planted it,
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You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.
9 you cleared a space for it; then it took root firmly and filled the land.
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You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all 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, and the great trees with its branches.
11 It put out branches as far as the sea and shoots to the [Euphrates] River.
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It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to 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 are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?
13 The boar from the forest tears it apart; wild creatures from the fields feed on it.
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It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.
14 God of armies, please come back! Look from heaven, see, and tend this vine!
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Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,
15 Protect what your right hand planted, the son you made strong for yourself.
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Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.
16 It is burned by fire, it is cut down; they perish at your frown of rebuke.
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It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
17 Help the man at your right hand, the son of man you made strong for yourself.
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Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong 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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So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.
19 ADONAI, God of armies, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
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Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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