| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 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. | 1Shepherd of Israel, listen! The one who leads Joseph like a flock, the one enthroned on the cherubim, display your glory. |
| 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. | 2Reveal your power before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, then come to our rescue. |
| 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 3God, restore us, show your favor and deliver us. |
| 4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | 4LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease? |
| 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. | 5You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears. |
| 6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. | 6You have set us at strife against our neighbors and our enemies deride us. |
| 7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 7God of the Heavenly Armies, restore us and show your favor, so we may be delivered. |
| 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. | 8You uprooted a vine from Egypt, and drove out nations to transplant it. |
| 9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. | 9You cleared the ground so that its roots grew and filled the land. |
| 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. | 10Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches. |
| 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. | 11Its branches spread out to the Mediterranean Sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River. |
| 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? | 12Why did you break down its walls so that those who pass by pluck its fruits? |
| 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. | 13Wild boars of the forest gnaw at 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; | 14God of the Heavenly Armies, return! Look down from heaven and see. Show care toward this vine. |
| 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. | 15The root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you tended for yourself, |
| 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. | 16was burned with fire, cut off, and destroyed on account of your rebuke. |
| 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. | 17May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised 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. Restore us, so we can call upon your name. |
| 19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 19God of hosts, restore to us the light of your favor. Then we'll be delivered. |
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