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¹ O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!² Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.³ O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.⁴ O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?⁵ Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.⁶ Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.⁷ O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.

⁸ A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;⁹ Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;¹⁰ Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.¹¹ It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, - And, unto the River, its shoots.¹² Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?¹³ The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.¹⁴ O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, - Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:¹⁵ Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.¹⁶ To be burned with fire, it is cut down, - At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.¹⁷ Let thy hand be, Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself;¹⁸ So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.¹⁹ O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.