A Prayer for Restoration
For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.
1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock;
You who sit enthroned on the cherubim,
rise up
2 before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Rally Your power and come to save us.
3 Restore us, God;
look on us with favor,
and we will be saved.
4 LordGod of Hosts,
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?
5 You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure
of tears to drink.
6 You make us quarrel with our neighbors;
our enemies make fun of us.
7 Restore us, God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.
8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedarswith its branches.
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea
and shoots toward the River.
12 Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
13 The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it.
14 Return, God of Hosts.
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
15 the rootYour right hand has planted,
the shootthat You made strong for Yourself.
16 It was cut down and burned up;
theyperish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 Let Your hand be with the man at Your right hand,
with the son of man
You have made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name.
19 Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.
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