| King James Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. | 1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth. |
| 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. | 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us! |
| 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 3Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! |
| 4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | 4O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers? |
| 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. | 5You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure. |
| 6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. | 6You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. |
| 7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 7Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! |
| 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. | 8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. |
| 9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. | 9You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land. |
| 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. | 10The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. |
| 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. | 11It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River. |
| 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? | 12Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit? |
| 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. | 13The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it. |
| 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; | 14Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine, |
| 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. | 15the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself. |
| 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. | 16They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face! |
| 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. | 17But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself! |
| 18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. | 18Then we shall not turn back from you; give us life, and we will call upon your name! |
| 19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 19Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved! |
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