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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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<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 and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, 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 Restore us, O God; let your face shine, 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 O Lord God of hosts, 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 with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure.
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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 us the scorn of our neighbors; our enemies laugh among themselves.
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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, O God of hosts; let your face shine, 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 brought a vine out of 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; it took deep 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 it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.
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It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the 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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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 ravages it, and all that move in the field 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 Turn again, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and see; have regard for 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 stock that your right hand planted.
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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 They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
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It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
17 But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand, the one whom 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 will never turn back from you; give us life, 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, O Lord God of hosts; let your face shine, 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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