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1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
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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 Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and 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 Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may 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 How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
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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 with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
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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 have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, 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 Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may 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 transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out 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 the ground for it, and it took root 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 Its branches reached as far as the Sea,its shoots as far as the River.
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It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.
12 Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
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Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?
13 Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects 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 Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over 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 the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up 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 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
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It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up 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 will not turn away from you; revive us, and 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 Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may 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.
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