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¹ <> Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock, You who sit above the cherubim, shine forth. ² Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might, Come to save us. ³ Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved. ⁴ Yahweh God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? ⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. ⁶ You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves. ⁷ Turn us again, God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.

⁸ You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it. ⁹ You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land. ¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars. ¹¹ It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River. ¹² Why have you broken down its walls, So that all those who pass by the way pluck it? ¹³ The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it. ¹⁴ Turn again, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine, ¹⁵ The stock which your right hand planted, The branch that you made strong for yourself. ¹⁶ It is burned with fire. It is cut down. They perish at your rebuke. ¹⁷ Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, On the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. ¹⁸ So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name. ¹⁹ Turn us again, Yahweh God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.