| 1. For the conductor, to the roses, a testimony, of Asaph a song. |
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| 2. O Shepherd of Israel, hearken, He Who leads Joseph like flocks, He Who dwells between the cherubim, appear. |
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| 3. Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh arouse Your might, and it is for You to save us. |
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| 4. O God, return us; cause Your countenance to shine and we shall be saved. |
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| 5. O Lord God of Hosts, how long have You been wroth at Your people's prayer? |
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ה. |
| 6. You have fed them bread of tears, and You have given them to drink tears in large measure. |
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ו. |
| 7. You have made us the target of strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock themselves. |
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ז. |
| 8. O God of Hosts, return us; cause Your countenance to shine and we shall be saved. |
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ח. |
| 9. You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out nations and planted it. |
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ט. |
| 10. You cleared [a place] before it; it took root and filled the land. |
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י. |
| 11. Mountains were covered [by] its shade, and its branches were great cedars. |
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יא. |
| 12. It sent forth its branches until the sea, and to the river its tender shoots. |
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יב. |
| 13. Why have You breached its fences, so that all wayfarers have plucked its fruit? |
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יג. |
| 14. The boar from the forest gnaw at it, and the creeping things of the field graze on it? |
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יד. |
| 15. O God of Hosts, return now; look from heaven and see, and be mindful of this vine, |
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טו. |
| 16. And of the foundation that Your right hand has planted and over the son You have strengthened for Yourself. |
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טז. |
| 17. Burned with fire [and] cut off; from the rebuke of Your countenance they perish. |
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יז. |
| 18. May Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You strengthened for Yourself. |
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יח. |
| 19. And let us not withdraw from You; grant us life, and we shall call out in Your name. |
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יט. |
| 20. O Lord God of Hosts, return us; cause Your countenance to shine, and we shall be saved. |
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