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¹ To him that excelleth on Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Heare, O thou Shepheard of Israel, thou that leadest Ioseph like sheepe: shewe thy brightnes, thou that sittest betweene the Cherubims.² Before Ephraim and Beniamin and Manasseh stirre vp thy strength, and come to helpe vs.³ Turne vs againe, O God, and cause thy face to shine that we may be saued.⁴ O Lord God of hostes, how long wilt thou be angrie against the prayer of thy people?⁵ Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.⁶ Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh at vs among themselues.⁷ Turne vs againe, O God of hostes: cause thy face to shine, and we shalbe saued.

⁸ Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.⁹ Thou madest roume for it, and didest cause it to take roote, and it filled the land.¹⁰ The mountaines were couered with the shadowe of it, and the boughes thereof were like the goodly cedars.¹¹ Shee stretched out her branches vnto the Sea, and her boughes vnto the Riuer.¹² Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?¹³ The wilde bore out of the wood hath destroyed it, and the wilde beastes of the fielde haue eaten it vp.¹⁴ Returne we beseech thee, O God of hostes: looke downe from heauen and beholde and visite this vine,¹⁵ And the vineyard, that thy right hand hath planted, and the young vine, which thou madest strong for thy selfe.¹⁶ It is burnt with fire and cut downe: and they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.¹⁷ Let thine hande be vpon the man of thy right hande, and vpon the sonne of man, whome thou madest strong for thine owne selfe.¹⁸ So will not we goe backe from thee: reuiue thou vs, and we shall call vpon thy Name.¹⁹ Turne vs againe, O Lorde God of hostes: cause thy face to shine and we shalbe saued.