1 G ive ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest the cherubim, shine forth.

2 B efore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.

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

4 J ehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?

5 T hou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:

6 T hou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.

7 R estore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

8 T hou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:

9 T hou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;

10 T he mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were cedars of God;

11 I t sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.

12 W hy hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?

13 T he boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.

14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;

15 E ven the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

16 I t 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 hast made strong for thyself.

18 S o will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.

19 R estore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.