O God, Restore Us

¹O Shepherd of Israel, give ear,

You who guide Joseph like a flock;

You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

²Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your might

And come to save us!

³O God, restore us

And cause Your face to shine upon us , that we would be saved.

⁴¶O Yahweh God of hosts,

How long will You smolder against the prayer of Your people?

⁵You have fed them with the bread of tears,

And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.

⁶You set us as an object of strife to our neighbors,[#80:6 Lit a strife to]

And our enemies mock us among themselves.

⁷O God of hosts, restore us

And cause Your face to shine upon us , that we might be saved.

⁸¶You removed a vine from Egypt;

You drove out the nations and then You planted it.

⁹You cleared the ground before it,

And it took deep root and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow,

And the cedars of God with its boughs.

¹¹It sent out its branches to the sea

And its shoots to the River.

¹²Why have You broken down its hedges,[#80:12 Or walls , fences]

So that all who pass that way pick its fruit ?

¹³A boar from the forest devours it

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

¹⁴¶O God of hosts, return now, we beseech You;

Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine,

¹⁵Even the sapling which Your right hand has planted,[#80:15 Or root]

And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish at the rebuke of Your face.

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

Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

¹⁸Then we shall not turn back from You;

Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

¹⁹O Yahweh God of hosts, restore us;

Cause Your face to shine upon us , that we might be saved.