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{To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.
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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.
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O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
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Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
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Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
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Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
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Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
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The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of God;