1 H ear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

2 B efore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!

3 T urn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

4 Y ahweh God of Armies, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

5 Y ou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

6 Y ou make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 T urn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

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

9 Y ou cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.

10 T he mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.

11 I t sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.

12 W hy have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

13 T he boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.

14 T urn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

15 t he stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

16 I t’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.

17 L et your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

18 S o we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

19 T urn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.