| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 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: according to "The Lilies." A testimony of Asaph. A psalm. Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned on the cherubim, rise up |
| 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. | 2before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your power and come to save us. |
| 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 3Restore us, God; look on us with favor, and we will be saved. |
| 4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | 4 LORD God of Hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people's prayers? |
| 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. | 5You fed them the bread of tears and gave them a full measure of tears to drink. |
| 6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. | 6You make us quarrel with our neighbors; our enemies make fun of us. |
| 7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 7Restore us, God of Hosts; look on us with favor, and we will be saved. |
| 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. | 8You uprooted 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 a place for it; it took 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 by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. |
| 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. | 11It sent out sprouts toward the Sea and shoots toward 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 walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit? |
| 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. | 13The boar from the forest tears it and creatures of the field feed on it. |
| 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; | 14Return, God of Hosts. Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine, |
| 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. | 15the root Your right hand has planted, the shoot that You made strong for Yourself. |
| 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. | 16It was cut down and burned up; 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 with the man at Your right hand, with the son of man You have made strong for Yourself. |
| 18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. | 18Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name. |
| 19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 19Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts; look on us with favor, and we will be saved. |
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