[1] Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph's descendants like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory [2] to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us! [3] Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. [4] O LORD God of Heaven's Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers? [5] You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful. [6] You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke. [7] Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven's Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. [8] You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land. [9] You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land. [10] Our shade covered the mountains; our branches covered the mighty cedars. [11] We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea; our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River. [12] But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit? [13] The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it. [14] Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven's Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine [15] that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself. [16] For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown. [17] Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice. [18] Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more. [19] Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven's Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
