| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Shepherd of Israel, listen! The one who leads Joseph like a flock, the one enthroned on the cherubim, display your glory. | 1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth. |
| 2Reveal your power before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, then come to our rescue. | 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us! |
| 3God, restore us, show your favor and deliver us. | 3Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! |
| 4LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease? | 4O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers? |
| 5You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears. | 5You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure. |
| 6You have set us at strife against our neighbors and our enemies deride us. | 6You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. |
| 7God of the Heavenly Armies, restore us and show your favor, so we may be delivered. | 7Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! |
| 8You uprooted a vine from Egypt, and drove out nations to transplant it. | 8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. |
| 9You cleared the ground so that its roots grew and filled the land. | 9You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land. |
| 10Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches. | 10The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. |
| 11Its branches spread out to the Mediterranean Sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River. | 11It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River. |
| 12Why did you break down its walls so that those who pass by pluck its fruits? | 12Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit? |
| 13Wild boars of the forest gnaw at it, and creatures of the field feed on it. | 13The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it. |
| 14God of the Heavenly Armies, return! Look down from heaven and see. Show care toward this vine. | 14Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine, |
| 15The root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you tended for yourself, | 15the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself. |
| 16was burned with fire, cut off, and destroyed on account of your rebuke. | 16They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face! |
| 17May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised for yourself. | 17But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself! |
| 18Then we will not turn away from you. Restore us, so we can call upon your name. | 18Then we shall not turn back from you; give us life, and we will call upon your name! |
| 19God of hosts, restore to us the light of your favor. Then we'll be delivered. | 19Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved! |
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