^1aTo the choirmaster in Shoshannim-Eduth.↑

A Psalm of Asaph.

^1bDo listen, O shepherd of Israel,

You who lead Joseph like sheep,

And shine forth,

You who dwell between the cherubim,

²Do rouse your valour before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,

And come to our salvation.

³O God, restore us,

And let your face shine,

And let us be saved.

⁴O Lord God of hosts,

How long will you be fuming

At the prayer of your people?

⁵You have fed them with bread of tears;

You have given them a third measure of tears to drink.

⁶You make us an object of contention with our neighbours,

And our enemies poke fun.

⁷O God of hosts, restore us,

And let your face shine,

And let us be saved.

⁸You removed a vine from Egypt;

You drove out Gentiles and planted it.

⁹You made preparations for it,

And it took root,

And it filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered by its shade,

And the mighty cedars by its boughs.

¹¹It sent its branches as far as the sea,

And its suckers to the river.

¹²Why have you broken down its fences,

So that everyone passing through that way plucks it?

¹³The boar from the forest devours it,

And the wildlife of the countryside feeds on it.

¹⁴O God of hosts, do return;

Oh look from heaven and see,

And visit this vine,

¹⁵And the stock which your right hand planted,

And the offshoot which you invigorated for yourself.

¹⁶It has been burned with fire;

It has been cut off.

They will be annihilated at the rebuke of your face.

¹⁷May your hand be on the man of your right hand

– On the son of Adam whom you invigorated for yourself –

¹⁸Then we will not slide back from you.

Revitalize us, and we will call on your name.

¹⁹O Lord God of hosts,

Restore us,

And let your face shine,

And let us be saved.