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¹ To the chief musician. A Testimony. Concerning the Lilies. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You leading Joseph like a flock; shine forth, You dwelling between the cherubs.² Stir up Your might before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, and come for salvation.³ O God, turn us again, and make Your face shine, and we will be saved!⁴ O Jehovah God of Hosts, until when will You smoke against the prayer of Your people?⁵ You made them eat with the bread of tears; yea, You made them drink with tears a third time.⁶ You make us a strife for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh to themselves.⁷ O God of Hosts, turn us again, and cause Your face to shine, and we will be saved.

⁸ You have led a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and have planted it.⁹ You cleared before it, and You have rooted its roots, and it has filled the land.¹⁰ The hills were covered with its shadow, and its boughs were as the cedars of God.¹¹ It was sending its boughs out to the sea, and its branches to the River.¹² Why have You broken down its walls, so that it is plucked by all who pass by the way?¹³ A boar out of the forest wastes it, and the beast of the field feeds on it.¹⁴ O God of Hosts, we beg You, return! Look down from Heaven and see and visit this vine,¹⁵ and the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, and on the son You made strong for Yourself.¹⁶ It is burned with fire, cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Your face.¹⁷ Let Your hand be on the man of Your right hand; on the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.¹⁸ So we will not backslide from You; make us live, and we will call on Your name.¹⁹ O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us again! Cause Your face to shine, and we will be saved.