O God, Restore Us
For the choir director. El Shoshannim. Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
O aShepherd of Israel, give ear,
You who guide bJoseph like a flock;
You who care enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before aEphraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, bstir up Your might
And come to save us!
3 O God, arestore us
And bcause Your face to shine upon us, that we would be saved.
4 O aYahweh God of hosts,
bHow long will You smolder against the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the abread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.
6 You set us as an object of strife ato our neighbors,
And our enemies mock us among themselves.
7 O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.
8 You removed a avine from Egypt;
You bdrove out the nations and then You cplanted it.
9 You acleared the ground before it,
And it btook deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And the cedars of God with its aboughs.
11 It sent out its branches ato the sea
And its shoots to the River.
12 Why have You abroken down its hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest adevours it
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14 O God of hosts, areturn now, we beseech You;
bLook down from heaven and see, and visit this vine,
15 Even the asapling which Your right hand has planted,
And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is aburned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the brebuke of Your face.
17 Let aYour hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You bmade strong for Yourself.
18 Then we shall not aturn back from You;
bRevive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 O Yahweh God of hosts, arestore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.