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

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

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

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

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

Turn 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?

O Lord 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.

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

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

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: 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.

Turn 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.

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

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

Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

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

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

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

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

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

The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

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

Return, 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.

And the vineyard which thy right hand hath 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.

It 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.

Let 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.

So will not we go back from thee: quicken 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.

Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.