| King James Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. | 1For the choir director; set to El Shoshannim; Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth! |
| 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. | 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us! |
| 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 3O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. |
| 4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | 4O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people? |
| 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. | 5You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure. |
| 6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. | 6You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves. |
| 7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 7O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. |
| 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. | 8You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it. |
| 9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. | 9You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land. |
| 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. | 10The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs. |
| 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. | 11It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River. |
| 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? | 12Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit? |
| 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. | 13A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it. |
| 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; | 14O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine, |
| 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. | 15Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself. |
| 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. | 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. |
| 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. | 17Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. |
| 18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. | 18Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. |
| 19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 19O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. |
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