Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Listen to us, O Shepherd of Israel; hear us, leader of your flock. Seated on your throne above the winged creatures,
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<<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.>> Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock, You who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
2 reveal yourself to the tribes of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your strength; come and save us!
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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might, Come to save us.
3 Bring us back, O God! Show us your mercy, and we will be saved!
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Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.
4 How much longer, Lord God Almighty, will you be angry with your people's prayers?
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Yahweh God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5 You have given us sorrow to eat, a large cup of tears to drink.
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You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
6 You let the surrounding nations fight over our land; our enemies insult us.
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You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Bring us back, Almighty God! Show us your mercy, and we will be saved!
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Turn us again, God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.
8 You brought a grapevine out of Egypt; you drove out other nations and planted it in their land.
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You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
9 You cleared a place for it to grow; its roots went deep, and it spread out over the whole land.
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You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
10 It covered the hills with its shade; its branches overshadowed the giant cedars.
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The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars.
11 It extended its branches to the Mediterranean Sea and as far as the Euphrates River.
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It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.
12 Why did you break down the fences around it? Now anyone passing by can steal its grapes;
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Why have you broken down its walls, So that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
13 wild hogs trample it down, and wild animals feed on it.
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The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
14 Turn to us, Almighty God! Look down from heaven at us; come and save your people!
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Turn again, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
15 Come and save this grapevine that you planted, this young vine you made grow so strong!
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The stock which your right hand planted, The branch that you made strong for yourself.
16 Our enemies have set it on fire and cut it down; look at them in anger and destroy them!
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It is burned with fire. It is cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
17 Preserve and protect the people you have chosen, the nation you made so strong.
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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 We will never turn away from you again; keep us alive, and we will praise you.
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So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
19 Bring us back, Lord God Almighty. Show us your mercy, and we will be saved.
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Turn us again, Yahweh God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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