1 H ear us, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock! You Who sit on Your throne above the angels, let Your light shine!

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

2 S tir up Your power in front of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manassah, and come to save us!

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

3 O God, bring us back to You. Make Your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.

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

4 O Lord God of all, how long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?

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

5 Y ou have fed them with the bread of tears. And You have made them drink a big amount of tears.

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

6 Y ou have made us an object of arguing to our neighbors. Those who hate us laugh among themselves.

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

7 O God of all, bring us back to You. Make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved.

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

8 Y ou brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and You planted it.

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

9 Y ou cleared the land for it. And its roots went deep 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 tall trees were covered with its branches.

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

11 I t sent out its branches to the sea, and its new branches to the River.

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

12 W hy have You broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

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

13 T he wild pig from among the trees eats it away. And whatever moves in the field eats from it.

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

14 O God of all, we beg You to return. Look down from heaven and see. Take care of this vine.

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

15 T ake care of the root Your right hand has planted, and the branch that You have raised up for Yourself.

and the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

16 T hey have burned it with fire. It is cut down. May they be lost when they hear Your strong words.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

17 L et Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, the son of man you have made strong for Yourself.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

18 T hen we will not turn away from You. Give us new life again, and we will call on Your name.

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

19 O Lord God of all, bring us back to You. Make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved.

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