1 For the director of music. To the tune of"The Lilies of the Covenant." Of Asaph. A psalm. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth |
2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us. |
3 Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
4 O LORD God Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people? |
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. |
6 You have made us a source of contention to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us. |
7 Restore us, O God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. |
9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. |
10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. |
11 It sent out its boughs to the Sea, its shoots as far as the River. |
12 Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes? |
13 Boars from the forest ravage it and the creatures of the field feed on it. |
14 Return to us, O God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, |
15 the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself. |
16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish. |
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself. |
18 Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name. |
19 Restore us, O LORD God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. |