Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. -- A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs -- shine forth,
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Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
2 Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.
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before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.
3 O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
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Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
4 Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.
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How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
5 Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.
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You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
6 Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.
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You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
7 God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
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Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
8 A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.
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You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
9 Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,
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You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
10 Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.
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The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.
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Its branches reached as far as the Sea,its shoots as far as the River.
12 Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?
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Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.
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Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.
14 God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,
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Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
15 And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,
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the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.
16 Burnt with fire -- cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.
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Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
17 Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.
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Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
18 And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.
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Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
19 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!
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Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
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