| | 1 | Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock, You who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
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| | 2 | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might, Come to save us.
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| | 3 | Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.
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| | 4 | Yahweh God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
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| | 5 | You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
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| | 6 | You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
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| | 7 | Turn us again, God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.
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| | 8 | You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
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| | 9 | You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
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| | 10 | The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars.
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| | 11 | It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.
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| | 12 | Why have you broken down its walls, So that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
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| | 13 | The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
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| | 14 | Turn again, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
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| | 15 | The stock which your right hand planted, The branch that you made strong for yourself.
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| | 16 | It is burned with fire. It is cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
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| | 17 | Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, On the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
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| | 18 | So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
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| | 19 | Turn us again, Yahweh God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.
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