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God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

¹ Hear us O ^(C1)Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead ^(C2)Joseph like a flock;
You who ^(C3)sit enthroned above the cherubim of the ark of the covenant, shine forth!

² Before ^(F1)(C1)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, ^(C2)stir up Your power
And come to save us!

^3 (C1)Restore us, O God;
^(C2)Cause Your face to shine on us with favor and approval, and we will be saved.

⁴ O ^(C1)LORD God of hosts,
^(C2)How long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?

⁵ You have fed them the ^(C1)bread of tears,
And You have made them drink bitter tears in abundance.

⁶ You make us an object of contention ^(C1)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh at our suffering among themselves.

⁷ Restore us, O God of hosts;
And cause Your face to shine on us with favor and approval, and we will be saved.

⁸ You uprooted a ^(C1)vine (Israel) from Egypt;
You ^(C2)drove out the Canaanite nations and ^(C3)planted the vine in Canaan.

⁹ You ^(C1)cleared away the ground before it,
And it ^(C2)took deep root and filled the land.

¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And its ^(C1)branches were like the cedars of God.

¹¹ Israel sent out its branches ^(C1)to the Mediterranean Sea,
And its branches to the Euphrates River. ^(VR1)

¹² Why have You ^(C1)broken down its ^(F1)walls and hedges,
So that all who pass by pick its fruit?

¹³ A boar from the woods ^(C1)eats it away,
And the insects of the field feed on it.

^14 (C1)Turn again in favor to us, O God of hosts;
^(C2)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

¹⁵ Even the ^(C1)stock which Your right hand has planted,
And look down on the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.

¹⁶ It is ^(C1)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the ^(C2)rebuke of Your angry appearance.

¹⁷ Let ^(C1)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You have ^(C2)made strong for Yourself.

¹⁸ Then we shall not ^(C1)turn back from You;
^(C2)Revive us and we will call on Your name.

^19 (C1)Restore us, O LORD God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine on us in favor and approval, and we shall be saved.