1 G ive ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.

2 B efore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.

3 T urn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5 T hou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

6 T hou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 T urn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

8 T hou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

9 T hou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

10 T he mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

11 I t sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

12 W hy hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

13 T he boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

14 T urn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

15 A nd the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

16 I t is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

17 L et thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

18 S o shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

19 T urn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.