*For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor! *In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us! *O God, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! *O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? *You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure. *You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.*O God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! *You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.*You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.*The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.*Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River. *Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? *The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.*O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,*the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow! *It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them. *May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself! *Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you! *O Lord God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!
