| King James Bible | New International 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. | 1For the director of music. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." Of Asaph. A psalm. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth |
| 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. | 2before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us. |
| 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 3Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. |
| 4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | 4How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers 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; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. |
| 6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. | 6You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us. |
| 7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | 7Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. |
| 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. | 8You transplanted 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 for it, and 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 with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. |
| 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. | 11Its branches reached as far as the Sea, its shoots as far as 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 grapes? |
| 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. | 13Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it. |
| 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; | 14Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over 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 son you have raised up for yourself. |
| 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. | 16Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish. |
| 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 rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up 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, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. |
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