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¹ Oh, give ear, ^(a)Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead ^(b)Joseph like a flock;
You who ^(c)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
² Before ^(d)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, ^(e)stir up Your power
And come to save us!
³ O God, ^(f)restore us
And ^(g)cause Your face to shine upon us, ^[c]and we will be saved.

⁴ O ^(h)Lord God of hosts,
⁽ⁱ⁾How long will You ^[d]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the ^(j)bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in ^[e]large measure.
⁶ You make us ^[f]an object of contention ^(k)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷ O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, ^[g]and we will be saved.

⁸ You removed a ^(l)vine from Egypt;
You ^(m)drove out the ^[h]nations and ⁽ⁿ⁾planted it.
⁹ You ^(o)cleared the ground before it,
And it ^(p)took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And ^[i]the cedars of God with its ^(q)boughs.
¹¹ It was sending out its branches ^(r)to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
¹² Why have You ^(s)broken down its ^[j]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
¹³ A boar from the forest ^(t)eats it away
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

¹⁴ O God of hosts, ^(u)turn again now, we beseech You;
^(v)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
¹⁵ Even the ^[k](w)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the ^[l]son whom You have ^[m]strengthened for Yourself.
¹⁶ It is ^(x)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the ^(y)rebuke of Your countenance.
¹⁷ Let ^(z)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You ^(aa)made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸ Then we shall not ^(ab)turn back from You;
^(ac)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
¹⁹ O Lord God of hosts, ^(ad)restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, ^[n]and we will be saved.