2Listen, O Shepherd of Israel, Who leads Joseph like sheep. Appear, You Who is enthroned upon the cherubim.
3Arouse Your might before Ephraim, Benjamin and Menashe, for it is upon You to save us.
4Return us, O God; cause Your countenance to shine, that we may be saved.
5O Lord, God of Hosts, until when will You fume at the prayer of Your people?
6You fed them bread of tears, and gave them tears to drink in great measure.
7You have made us an object of strife to our neighbors; our enemies mock to themselves.
8Return us, O God of Hosts; cause Your countenance to shine, that we may be saved.
9You brought a vine out of Egypt; You drove out nations and planted it.
10You cleared space before it; it took root and filled the land.
11Mountains were covered by its shade, and its branches became mighty cedars.
12It sent forth its branches till the sea, and its tender shoots to the river.
13Why did You breach its fences, so that every passerby plucked its fruit?
14The boars of the forest ravage it, and the creepers of the field feed upon it.
15O God of Hosts, please return! Look down from heaven and see, and be mindful of this vine,
16and of the foundation which Your right hand has planted, and the son whom You strengthened for Yourself.
17It is burned by fire, cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Your Presence.
18Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You strengthened for Yourself.
19Then we will not withdraw from You; revive us, and we will proclaim Your Name.
20O Lord, God of Hosts, return us; cause Your countenance to shine that we may be saved.
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