1 For the leader. Set to "Lilies."A
testimony. A psalm of Asaf: Shepherd of Isra'el, listen! You who lead Yosef
like a flock, you whose throne is on the k'ruvim, shine out!
2 Before Efrayim, Binyamin and M'nasheh,
rouse your power; and come to save us.
3 God, restore us! Make your face
shine, and we will be saved.
4 ADONAI, God of armies, how long will
you be angry with your people's prayers?
5 You have fed them tears as their
bread and made them drink tears in abundance.
6 You make our neighbors fight over us,
and our enemies mock us.
7 God of armies, restore us! Make your
face shine, and we will be saved.
8 You brought a vine out of Egypt, you
expelled the nations and planted it,
9 you cleared a space for it; then it
took root firmly and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its
shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;
11 It put out branches as far as the
sea and shoots to the [Euphrates] River.
12 Why did you break down [the
vineyard's] wall, so that all passing by can pluck [its fruit]?
13 The boar from the forest tears it
apart; wild creatures from the fields feed on it.
14 God of armies, please come back!
Look from heaven, see, and tend this vine!
15 Protect what your right hand
planted, the son you made strong for yourself.
16 It is burned by fire, it is cut
down; they perish at your frown of rebuke.
17 Help the man at your right hand, the
son of man you made strong for yourself.
18 Then we won't turn away from you if
you revive us, we will call on your name.
19 ADONAI, God of armies, restore us!
Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
