1. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth.
2. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.
3. O God restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
4. Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
5. Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
6. Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
7. Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
8. Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it: