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

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

2 I n the presence of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength and come and save us.

Before 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.

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

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

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

5 T hou dost feed them with the bread of tears and give them tears to drink in great measure.

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

6 T hou dost make us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh at us among themselves.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 T urn us again, O God of the 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 ¶ Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the Gentiles and planted it.

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

9 T hou didst prepare room before it and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the earth.

Thou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

10 T he hills were covered with the shadow of it, and its boughs were like the cedars of God.

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

11 S he sent out her boughs unto the sea and her branches unto the river.

It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

12 W hy hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all those who pass by the way pluck her?

Why 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 wastes it, and the wild beast of the field devours it.

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

14 R eturn, we beseech thee, O God of the hosts: look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine

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

15 a nd the vineyard which thy right hand has planted and the branch that thou didst make strong for thyself.

And 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.

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 didst make 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 we will not go back from thee. Thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

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

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

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