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Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest `above' the cherubim, shine forth. |
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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. |
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Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. |
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O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? |
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Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. |
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Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. |
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Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. |
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Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it. |
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Thou preparedst `room' before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. |
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The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were `like' cedars of God. |
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It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. |
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Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? |
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The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. |
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Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, |
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And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. |
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It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. |
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Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. |
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So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. |
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Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. `A Psalm' of Asaph. |
