Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph.

¹ Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock;

You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

shine forth ² before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.

Rally Your mighty power

and come to save us.

³ Restore us, O God,

and cause Your face to shine upon us,

that we may be saved.

⁴ O LORD God of Hosts,

how long will Your anger smolder

against the prayers of Your people?

⁵ You fed them with the bread of tears

and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

⁶ You make us contend with our neighbors;

our enemies mock us.

⁷ Restore us, O God of Hosts,

and cause Your face to shine upon us,

that we may be saved.

⁸ You uprooted^* a vine from Egypt;

You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

⁹ You cleared the ground for it,

and it took root and filled the land.

¹⁰ The mountains were covered by its shade,

and the mighty cedars with its branches.

¹¹ It sent out its branches to the Sea,

and its shoots toward the River.

¹² Why have You broken down its walls,

so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

¹³ The boar from the forest ravages it,

and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

¹⁴ Return,^* O God of Hosts, we pray!

Look down from heaven and see!

Attend to this vine—

¹⁵ the root Your right hand has planted,

the son You have raised up for Yourself.

¹⁶ Your vine has been cut down and burned;

they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

¹⁷ Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand,

on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.

¹⁸ Then we will not turn away from You;

revive us, and we will call on Your name.

¹⁹ Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts;

cause Your face to shine upon us,

that we may be saved.