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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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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 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, and come to save us!
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before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh! Wake up your power! Come to save us!
3 Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.
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Restore us, God! Make your face shine so that we can be saved!
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
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LORD God of heavenly forces, how long will you fume against your people's prayer?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure.
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You've fed them bread made of tears; you've given them tears to drink three times over!
6 You make us the scorn of our neighbors; our enemies laugh among themselves.
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You've put us at odds with our neighbors; our enemies make fun of us.
7 Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may 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 a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
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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 it; it took deep 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 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;
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The mountains were covered by its shade; the mighty cedars were covered by its branches.
11 it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the 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 Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its 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 boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field 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 Turn again, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
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Please come back, God of heavenly forces! Look down from heaven and perceive it! Attend to this vine,
15 the stock that your right hand planted.
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this root that you planted with your strong hand, this son whom you secured as your very own.
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 chopped down. They die at the rebuke coming from you.
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 with the one on your right side— with the one whom you secured as your own—
18 Then we will never turn back from you; give us life, and we will call on your name.
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then we will not turn away from you! Revive us so that we can call on your name.
19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may 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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