[1] O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, You who guide Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth! [2] Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your might And come to save us! [3] O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we would be saved. [4] O Yahweh God of hosts, How long will You smolder against the prayer of Your people? [5] You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure. [6] You set us as an object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock us among themselves. [7] O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved. [8] You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and then You planted it. [9] You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land. [10] The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs. [11] It sent out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River. [12] Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit? [13] A boar from the forest devours it And whatever moves in the field feeds on it. [14] O God of hosts, return now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine, [15] Even the sapling which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself. [16] It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your face. [17] Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. [18] Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. [19] O Yahweh God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.
