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| 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! | 1Shepherd of Israel, listen! The one who leads Joseph like a flock, the one enthroned on the cherubim, display your glory. |
| 2In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us! | 2Reveal your power before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, then come to our rescue. |
| 3O God, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! | 3God, restore us, show your favor and deliver us. |
| 4O LORD God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? | 4LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease? |
| 5You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure. | 5You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears. |
| 6You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us. | 6You have set us at strife against our neighbors and our enemies deride us. |
| 7O God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! | 7God of the Heavenly Armies, restore us and show your favor, so we may be delivered. |
| 8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it. | 8You uprooted a vine from Egypt, and drove out nations to transplant it. |
| 9You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land. | 9You cleared the ground so that its roots grew and filled the land. |
| 10The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches. | 10Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches. |
| 11Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River. | 11Its branches spread out to the Mediterranean Sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River. |
| 12Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? | 12Why did you break down its walls so that those who pass by pluck its fruits? |
| 13The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it. | 13Wild boars of the forest gnaw at it, and creatures of the field feed on it. |
| 14O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine, | 14God of the Heavenly Armies, return! Look down from heaven and see. Show care toward this vine. |
| 15the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow! | 15The root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you tended for yourself, |
| 16It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them. | 16was burned with fire, cut off, and destroyed on account of your rebuke. |
| 17May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself! | 17May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised for yourself. |
| 18Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you! | 18Then we will not turn away from you. Restore us, so we can call upon your name. |
| 19O LORD God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! | 19God of hosts, restore to us the light of your favor. Then we'll be delivered. |
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