Psalms

¹ Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

² Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

³ Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

⁴ O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

⁵ Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

⁶ Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

⁷ Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

⁸ Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

⁹ Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹⁰ The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹¹ She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹² Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹³ The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹⁴ Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹⁵ And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹⁶ It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹⁷ Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹⁸ So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹⁹ Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.