| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth. | 1For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor! |
| 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us! | 2In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us! |
| 3Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! | 3O God, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! |
| 4O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers? | 4O LORD God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? |
| 5You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure. | 5You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure. |
| 6You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. | 6You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us. |
| 7Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! | 7O God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! |
| 8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. | 8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it. |
| 9You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land. | 9You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land. |
| 10The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. | 10The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches. |
| 11It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River. | 11Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River. |
| 12Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit? | 12Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? |
| 13The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it. | 13The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it. |
| 14Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine, | 14O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine, |
| 15the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself. | 15the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow! |
| 16They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face! | 16It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them. |
| 17But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself! | 17May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself! |
| 18Then we shall not turn back from you; give us life, and we will call upon your name! | 18Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you! |
| 19Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved! | 19O LORD God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! |
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