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For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth |
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before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us. |
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Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
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O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people? |
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You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears. |
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You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us. |
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Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
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You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. |
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You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. |
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The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. |
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It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River. |
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Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit? |
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The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it. |
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Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine— |
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the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself. |
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Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. |
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Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself. |
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Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name. |
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Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. |
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