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[For the choirmaster Tune: 'The decrees are lilies' Of Asaph Psalm] Shepherd of Israel, listen, you who lead Joseph like a flock, enthroned on the winged creatures, shine forth
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over Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh; rouse your valour and come to our help.
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God, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
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Yahweh, God Sabaoth, how long will you flare up at your people's prayer?
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You have made tears their food, redoubled tears their drink.
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You let our neighbours quarrel over us, our enemies mock us.
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God Sabaoth, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
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You brought a vine out of Egypt, to plant it you drove out nations;
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you cleared a space for it, it took root and filled the whole country.
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The mountains were covered with its shade, and the cedars of God with its branches,
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its boughs stretched as far as the sea, its shoots as far as the River.
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Why have you broken down its fences? Every passer-by plucks its grapes,
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boars from the forest tear at it, wild beasts feed on it.
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God Sabaoth, come back, we pray, look down from heaven and see, visit this vine;
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protect what your own hand has planted.
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They have thrown it on the fire like dung, the frown of your rebuke will destroy them.
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May your hand protect those at your side, the child of Adam you have strengthened for yourself!
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Never again will we turn away from you, give us life and we will call upon your name.
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God Sabaoth, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
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