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For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
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Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
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Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
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LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
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You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
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You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
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You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
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You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
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The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
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It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.
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Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
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The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
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Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
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the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
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It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
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Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
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So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
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Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
WEB: World English Bible (Protestant edition). Public domain.