46 lines
1.9 KiB
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46 lines
1.9 KiB
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# Chapter 80
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1 Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
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you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock.
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O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
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display your radiant glory
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2 to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.
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Show us your mighty power.
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Come to rescue us!
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3 Turn us again to yourself, O God.
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Make your face shine down upon us.
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Only then will we be saved.
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4 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies,
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how long will you be angry with our prayers?
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5 You have fed us with sorrow
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and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
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6 You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations.
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Our enemies treat us as a joke.
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7 Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
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Make your face shine down upon us.
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Only then will we be saved.
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8 You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine;
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you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
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9 You cleared the ground for us,
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and we took root and filled the land.
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10 Our shade covered the mountains;
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our branches covered the mighty cedars.
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11 We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea;
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our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River.
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12 But now, why have you broken down our walls
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so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
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13 The wild boar from the forest devours it,
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and the wild animals feed on it.
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14 Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
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Look down from heaven and see our plight.
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Take care of this grapevine
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15 that you yourself have planted,
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this son you have raised for yourself.
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16 For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies.
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May they perish at the sight of your frown.
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17 Strengthen the man you love,
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the son of your choice.
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18 Then we will never abandon you again.
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Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
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19 Turn us again to yourself, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.
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Make your face shine down upon us.
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Only then will we be saved. |