Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel 1 WBS To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between 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 WBS Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. BSB BSB: before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
3 WBS Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. BSB BSB: Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
4 WBS O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
5 WBS Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. BSB BSB: You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
6 WBS Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves. BSB BSB: You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
7 WBS Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. BSB BSB: Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
8 WBS Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. BSB BSB: You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
9 WBS Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. BSB BSB: You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
10 WBS The hills were covered with the shade of it, and its boughs were like the goodly cedars. BSB BSB: The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 WBS She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river. BSB BSB: It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
12 WBS Why hast thou then broke down her hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck her? BSB BSB: Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
13 WBS The boar from the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. BSB BSB: The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
14 WBS Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; BSB BSB: Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
15 WBS And the vineyard which thy right hand planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. BSB BSB: the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
16 WBS It is burnt with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.BSB BSB: Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 WBS Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 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 WBS So will we not go back from thee: revive us, and we will call upon thy name. BSB BSB: Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
19 WBS Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall 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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