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, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!

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

Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, Stir up Your strength, And come and save us!

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

Restore us, O God; Cause Your 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 will You be angry Against the prayer of Your people?

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

You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in great measure.

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

You have made us a strife to 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.

Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your 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.

You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it.

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

You prepared room for it, And caused 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 its shadow, And the mighty cedars with its boughs.

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

She sent out her boughs to the Sea, And her branches to the River.

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

Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?

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 woods uproots it, And the wild beast of the field devours 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 You, O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, 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 Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.

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 Your 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 Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

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

Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

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

Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!