For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph.
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Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, And come to save us.
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O God, restore us; And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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O LORD God of hosts, How long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?
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Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
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Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; And our enemies mock as they please.
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O God of hosts, restore us; And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.
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Thou didst clear a place before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.
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The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.
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She sent out her branches unto the sea, And her shoots unto the River.
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Why hast Thou broken down her fences, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?
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The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, That which moveth in the field feedeth on it.
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O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; Look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,
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And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, And the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself. .
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It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.
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Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.
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So shall we not turn back from Thee; Quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.
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O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
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