Nov 14, 2023
1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who sit enthroned between the
cherubim,
shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and
Manasseh.
Awaken your might;
come and save us.
3 Restore us, O God;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.
4 How
long, Lord God
Almighty,
will your anger smolder
against the prayers of your
people?
5 You have fed them with the bread of
tears;
you have made them drink tears by the
bowlful.
6 You have made us an object of
derision[b] to
our neighbors,
and our enemies mock us.
7 Restore us, God
Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.
8 You transplanted
a vine from Egypt;
you drove out the nations and
planted it.
9 You cleared the ground for it,
and it took root and filled the
land.
10 The mountains were covered with its
shade,
the mighty cedars with its
branches.
11 Its branches reached as far as the
Sea,[c]
its shoots as far as the River.[d]
12 Why have you
broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its
grapes?
13 Boars from the forest
ravage it,
and insects from the fields feed on
it.
14 Return to us, God Almighty!
Look down from heaven and see!
Watch over this vine,
15 the root your
right hand has planted,
the son[e] you
have raised up for yourself.
16 Your vine is
cut down, it is burned with fire;
at your rebuke your people
perish.
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your
right hand,
the son of man you have raised up for
yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from
you;
revive us, and we will call on your
name.
19 Restore
us, Lord God
Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.