Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph.

Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock;

You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

shine forth ²before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.

Rally Your mighty power

and come to save us.

³Restore us, O God,

and cause Your face to shine upon us,

that we may be saved.

⁴O LORD God of Hosts,

how long will Your anger smolder

against the prayers of Your people?

⁵You fed them with the bread of tears

and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

⁶You make us contend with our neighbors;

our enemies mock us.

⁷Restore us, O God of Hosts,

and cause Your face to shine upon us,

that we may be saved.

⁸You uprooted a vine from Egypt;

You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

⁹You cleared the ground for it,

and it took root and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered by its shade,

and the mighty cedars with its branches.

¹¹It sent out its branches to the Sea,^a

and its shoots toward the River.^b

¹²Why have You broken down its walls,

so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

¹³The boar from the forest ravages it,

and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

¹⁴Return, O God of Hosts, we pray!

Look down from heaven and see!

Attend to this vine—

¹⁵the root Your right hand has planted,

the son You have raised up for Yourself.

¹⁶Your vine has been cut down and burned;

they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

¹⁷Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand,

on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.

¹⁸Then we will not turn away from You;

revive us, and we will call on Your name.

¹⁹Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts;

cause Your face to shine upon us,

that we may be saved.