3. Bring us back, O God!Show us your mercy, and we will be saved!
4. How much longer, Lord God Almighty,will you be angry with your people's prayers?
5. You have given us sorrow to eat,a large cup of tears to drink.
6. You let the surrounding nations fight over our land;our enemies insult us.
7. Bring us back, Almighty God!Show us your mercy, and we will be saved!
8. You brought a grapevine out of Egypt;you drove out other nations and planted it in their land.
9. You cleared a place for it to grow;its roots went deep, and it spread out over the whole land.
10. It covered the hills with its shade;its branches overshadowed the giant cedars.
11. It extended its branches to the Mediterranean Seaand as far as the River Euphrates.