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1 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
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Shepherd of Israel, listen! You, the one who leads Joseph as if he were a sheep. You, who are enthroned upon the winged heavenly creatures. Show yourself
2 to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us!
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before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh! Wake up your power! Come to save us!
3 Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
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Restore us, God! Make your face shine so that we can be saved!
4 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers?
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LORD God of heavenly forces, how long will you fume against your people's prayer?
5 You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
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You've fed them bread made of tears; you've given them tears to drink three times over!
6 You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
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You've put us at odds with our neighbors; our enemies make fun of us.
7 Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
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Restore us, God of heavenly forces! Make your face shine so that we can be saved!
8 You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
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You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations and planted it.
9 You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
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You cleared the ground for it; then it planted its roots deep, filling the land.
10 Our shade covered the mountains; our branches covered the mighty cedars.
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The mountains were covered by its shade; the mighty cedars were covered by its branches.
11 We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea; our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River.
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It sent its branches all the way to the sea; its shoots went all the way to the Euphrates River.
12 But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
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So why have you now torn down its walls so that all who come along can pluck its fruit,
13 The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it.
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so that any boar from the forest can tear it up, so that the bugs can feed on it?
14 Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine
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Please come back, God of heavenly forces! Look down from heaven and perceive it! Attend to this vine,
15 that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
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this root that you planted with your strong hand, this son whom you secured as your very own.
16 For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
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It is burned with fire. It is chopped down. They die at the rebuke coming from you.
17 Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.
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Let your hand be with the one on your right side— with the one whom you secured as your own—
18 Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
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then we will not turn away from you! Revive us so that we can call on your name.
19 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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Restore us, LORD God of heavenly forces! Make your face shine so that we can be saved!
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