1 G ive ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, 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 strength, and come and 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 Lord 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 feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great 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 neighbours: 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 hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted 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 didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land.

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

The hills were covered with its shadow, And the mighty cedars with its boughs.

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

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

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

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 waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

The boar out of the woods uproots it, And the wild beast of the field devours it.

14 R eturn, 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 vineyard which thy right hand hath 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 will not we go back from thee: quicken 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 Lord 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!