1 G ive ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest 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 strength, and come to our deliverance.

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

3 O God, restore us; 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 J ehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke 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 hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 R estore us, 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 cast out the nations, and plant it:

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

9 T hou preparedst space 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 its shadow, and the branches thereof were 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 boughs 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 fences, so that all who 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 forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.

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

14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, 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 E ven the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant 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 hast made 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 will we not go back from thee. Revive 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 R estore us, 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.