1For the leader. Set to "Lilies."A testimony. A psalm of Asaf: Shepherd of Isra'el, listen! You who lead Yosef like a flock, you whose throne is on the k'ruvim, shine out!
2Before Efrayim, Binyamin and M'nasheh, rouse your power; and come to save us.
3God, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
4ADONAI, God of armies, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
5You have fed them tears as their bread and made them drink tears in abundance.
6You make our neighbors fight over us, and our enemies mock us.
7God of armies, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.
8You brought a vine out of Egypt, you expelled the nations and planted it,
9you cleared a space for it; then it took root firmly and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;
11It put out branches as far as the sea and shoots to the [Euphrates] River.
12Why did you break down [the vineyard's] wall, so that all passing by can pluck [its fruit]?
13The boar from the forest tears it apart; wild creatures from the fields feed on it.
14God of armies, please come back! Look from heaven, see, and tend this vine!
15Protect what your right hand planted, the son you made strong for yourself.
16It is burned by fire, it is cut down; they perish at your frown of rebuke.
17Help the man at your right hand, the son of man you made strong for yourself.
18Then we won't turn away from you if you revive us, we will call on your name.
19ADONAI, God of armies, restore us! Make your face shine, and we will be saved.