We thank you, for your name is near
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TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] TO “LILIES OF TESTIMONY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, || Leading Joseph as a flock, || Inhabiting the cherubim—shine forth,
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Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, || Wake up Your might, and come for our salvation.
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O God, cause us to turn back, || And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.
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YHWH, God of Hosts, until when? You have burned against the prayer of Your people.
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You have caused them to eat bread of tears, || And cause them to drink || With tears a third time.
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You make us a strife to our neighbors, || And our enemies mock at it.
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God of Hosts, turn us back, || And cause Your face to shine, and we are saved.
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You bring a vine out of Egypt, || You cast out nations, and plant it.
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You have looked before it, and root it, || And it fills the land,
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Hills have been covered [with] its shadow, || And its boughs [are] cedars of God.
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It sends forth its branches to the sea, || And its shoots to the river.
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Why have You broken down its hedges, || And everyone passing by the way has plucked it?
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A boar out of the forest tears it, || And a wild beast of the fields grazes it.
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God of Hosts, turn back, we implore You, || Look from the heavens, and see, and inspect this vine,
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And the root that Your right hand planted, || And the branch You made strong for Yourself,
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Burned with fire—cut down, || They perish from the rebuke of Your face.
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Let Your hand be on the man of Your right hand || On the son of man You have strengthened for Yourself.
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And we do not go back from You, || You revive us, and in Your Name we call.
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O YHWH, God of Hosts, turn us back, || Cause Your face to shine, and we are saved!
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