[1] Shepherd of Israel, hear us. You lead the people of Joseph like a flock. You sit on your throne between the cherubim. Show your glory [2] to the people of Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Call your strength into action. Come and save us. [3] God, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved. [4] LORD God, you rule over all. How long will you be angry? Will you be angry with your people even when they pray to you? [5] You have given us tears as our food. You have made us drink tears by the bowlful. [6] You have let our neighbors mock us. Our enemies laugh at us. [7] God who rules over all, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved. [8] You brought Israel out of Egypt. Israel was like a vine. After you drove the nations out of Canaan, you planted the vine in their land. [9] You prepared the ground for it. It took root and spread out over the whole land. [10] The mountains were covered with its shade. The shade of its branches covered the mighty cedar trees. [11] Your vine sent its branches out all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. They reached as far as the Euphrates River. [12] Why have you broken down the walls around your vine? Now all who pass by it can pick its grapes. [13] Wild pigs from the forest destroy it. Insects from the fields feed on it. [14] God who rules over all, return to us! Look down from heaven and see us! Watch over your vine. [15] Guard the root you have planted with your powerful right hand. Take care of the branch you have raised up for yourself. [16] Your vine has been cut down and burned in the fire. You have been angry with us, and we are dying. [17] May you honor the people at your right hand. May you honor the nation you have raised up for yourself. [18] Then we won’t turn away from you. Give us new life. We will worship you. [19] LORD God who rules over all, make us new again. May you be pleased with us. Then we will be saved.
