1 ARST Yahweh, you who lead us as a shepherd leads his flock of sheep, you who sit on your throne in the Very Holy Place in the temple, above the figures of winged creatures, come and do powerful things for us Israelite people. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
2 ARST Show yourself to the people of the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us! BSB BSB: before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
3 ARST God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; act kindly toward us so that we may be saved from our enemies! BSB BSB: Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
4 ARST Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you? BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
5 ARST It is as though the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears! BSB BSB: You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
6 ARST You have allowed the people groups that surround us to argue with each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take; they laugh at us. BSB BSB: You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
7 ARST God, Commander of the angel armies, make our nation strong as it was before! Act kindly toward us so that we may be saved! BSB BSB: Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
8 ARST Our ancestors were like a grapevine that you brought out of Egypt; you drove out the other people groups from this land, and you put your people in their land. BSB BSB: You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
9 ARST As people clear ground to plant a grapevine, you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it. As the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread, you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land. BSB BSB: You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
10 ARST As huge grapevines cover the hills with their shade and as their branches are taller than big cedar trees, BSB BSB: The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 ARST your people ruled all of Canaan, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Euphrates River in the east. BSB BSB: It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
12 ARST So why have you abandoned us and allowed our enemies to tear down our walls? You are like someone who tears down the fences around his vineyard, so that all the people who pass by can steal the grapes; BSB BSB: Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
13 ARST wild pigs can trample the vines, and wild animals can also eat the grapes. BSB BSB: The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
14 ARST You who are the commander of the angel armies, turn to us! Look down from heaven and see what is happening to us! Come and rescue us who are like your grapevine, BSB BSB: Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
15 ARST who are like the young vine that you planted and caused to grow! BSB BSB: the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
16 ARST Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them! BSB BSB: Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 ARST But strengthen us people whom you have chosen, us Israelite people, whom you previously caused to be very strong. BSB BSB: Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
18 ARST When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; revive us, and then we will praise you. BSB BSB: Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
19 ARST Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, restore us; act kindly toward us and rescue us from our enemies! BSB BSB: Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
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