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1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
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Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us!
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to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us!
3 Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
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Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?
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O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure.
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You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
6 You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
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You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
7 Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
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Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
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You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
9 You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
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You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
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Our shade covered the mountains; our branches covered the mighty cedars.
11 It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.
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We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea; our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River.
12 Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
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But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.
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The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it.
14 Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
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Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine
15 the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
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that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
16 They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!
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For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
17 But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
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Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.
18 Then we shall not turn back from you; give us life, and we will call upon your name!
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Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved!
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Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
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