1 O h, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. -- A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs -- shine forth,

2 B efore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us!

Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.

3 O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

4 O Lord God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?

Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

5 Y ou have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.

Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

6 Y ou make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

7 O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

8 Y ou removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.

A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

9 Y ou cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.

Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

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

Covered have been hills its shadow, And its boughs cedars of God.

11 I t was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River.

It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.

12 W hy have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit ?

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

13 A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.

14 O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,

15 E ven the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,

16 I t is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

Burnt with fire -- cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

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

Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

18 T hen we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

19 O Lord God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!