[1] Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory
[2] to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us!
[3] Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
[4] O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers?
[5] You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
[6] You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
[7] Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
[8] You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
[9] You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
[10] Our shade covered the mountains; our branches covered the mighty cedars.
[11] We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea; our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River.
[12] But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
[13] The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it.
[14] Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine
[15] that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
[16] For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
[17] Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.
[18] Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
[19] Turn us again to yourself, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.