Hear Us, Shepherd of Israel
1{{To the chief Musicianupon Shoshannimeduth,A Psalmof Asaph.}} Give ear,O Shepherdof Israel,thou that leadestJosephlike a flock;thou that dwellest[between] the cherubims,shine forth.
2BeforeEphraimand Benjaminand Manassehstir upthy strength,and come[and] saveus.
3Turn us again,O God,and cause thy faceto shine;and we shall be saved.
4O LORDGodof hosts,how long wilt thou be angryagainst the prayerof thy people?
5Thou feedestthem with the breadof tears;and givest them tearsto drinkin great measure.
6Thou makestus a strifeunto our neighbours:and our enemieslaughamong themselves.
7Turn us again,O Godof hosts,and cause thy faceto shine;and we shall be saved.
8Thou hast broughta vineout of Egypt:thou hast cast outthe heathen,and plantedit.
9Thou preparedst[room] beforeit, and didst cause it to take deeproot,and it filledthe land.
10The hillswere coveredwith the shadowof it, and the boughsthereof [were like] the goodlycedars.
11She sent outher boughsunto the sea,and her branchesunto the river.
12Why hast thou [then] broken downher hedges,so that all they which passby the waydo pluckher?
13The boarout of the wooddoth wasteit, and the wild beastof the fielddoth devourit.
14Return,we beseech thee, O Godof hosts:look downfrom heaven,and behold,and visitthis vine;
15And the vineyardwhich thy right handhath planted,and the branch[that] thou madest strongfor thyself.
16[It is] burnedwith fire,[it is] cut down:they perishat the rebukeof thy countenance.
17Let thy handbe upon the manof thy right hand,upon the sonof man[whom] thou madest strongfor thyself.
18So will not we go backfrom thee: quickenus, and we will callupon thy name.
19Turn us again,O LORDGodof hosts,cause thy faceto shine;and we shall be saved.
