| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New Living Translation |
| 1For the choir director; set to El Shoshannim; Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth! | 1Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory |
| 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us! | 2to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us! |
| 3O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. | 3Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. |
| 4O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people? | 4O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers? |
| 5You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure. | 5You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful. |
| 6You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves. | 6You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke. |
| 7O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. | 7Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. |
| 8You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it. | 8You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land. |
| 9You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land. | 9You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land. |
| 10The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs. | 10Our shade covered the mountains; our branches covered the mighty cedars. |
| 11It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River. | 11We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea; our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River. |
| 12Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit? | 12But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit? |
| 13A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it. | 13The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it. |
| 14O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine, | 14Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine |
| 15Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself. | 15that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself. |
| 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. | 16For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown. |
| 17Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. | 17Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice. |
| 18Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. | 18Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more. |
| 19O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. | 19Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. |
| New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit //www.lockman.org | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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