Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel 1 ULT Shepherd of Israel, give ear, the one leading Joseph like a flock. Sitter{ on} the cherubim, shine forth. 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 ULT To the face of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, awaken your might and come to us for salvation. BSB BSB: before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
3 ULT God, restore us, and make your face shine and let us be saved. BSB BSB: Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
4 ULT Yahweh, God of armies, until when will you smolder against the prayer of your people? BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
5 ULT You have made them eat bread of tears, and you have made them drink tears{ in} triple measure. BSB BSB: You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
6 ULT You have made us strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock among themselves. BSB BSB: You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
7 ULT God of armies, restore us, and make your face shine and let us be saved. BSB BSB: Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
8 ULT You pulled up a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and planted it. BSB BSB: You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
9 ULT You cleared to the face of it, and it rooted its roots and filled the land. BSB BSB: You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
10 ULT The mountains were covered{ with} its shadow, and its branches{ were} cedars of God. BSB BSB: The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 ULT It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River. BSB BSB: It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
12 ULT Why have you broken down its walls, so that all the ones passing{ on} the way pluck it? BSB BSB: Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
13 ULT The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creature of the field grazes on it. BSB BSB: The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
14 ULT God of armies, return, please. Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine, BSB BSB: Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
15 ULT even the stock that your right hand planted, and on the son you strengthened for yourself. BSB BSB: the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
16 ULT It is burned with fire, it is cut down; from the rebuke of your face they perish. BSB BSB: Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 ULT Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man you strengthened for yourself. 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 ULT And we will not turn back from you; revive us, and we will call on your name. BSB BSB: Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
19 ULT Yahweh, God of armies, restore us. Make your face shine, and let us be saved. 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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