1.8 KiB
Restore Us, O God
Chapter 80
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Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us!
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Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
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O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
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You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure.
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You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
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You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
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You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
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The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
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It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.
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Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
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The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.
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Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
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the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
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They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!
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But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
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Then we shall not turn back from you; give us life, and we will call upon your name!
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Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved!