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1 To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth. |
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2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance. |
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3 O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. |
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4 Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people? |
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5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure: |
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6 Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves. |
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7 Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. |
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8 Thou brougthest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it: |
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9 Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land; |
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10 The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of *God; |
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11 It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river. |
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12 Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it? |
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13 The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it. |
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14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine; |
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15 Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself. |
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16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. |
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17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself. |
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18 So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name. |
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19 Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. |
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