^{1 Ref} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest `above' the cherubim, shine forth.

^{2 Ref} Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.

^{3 Ref} Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

^{4 Ref} O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

^{5 Ref} Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

^{6 Ref} Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

^{7 Ref} Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

^{8 Ref} Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

^{9 Ref} Thou preparedst `room' before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

^{10 Ref} The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were `like' cedars of God.

^{11 Ref} It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

^{12 Ref} Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

^{13 Ref} The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

^{14 Ref} Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

^{15 Ref} And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

^{16 Ref} It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

^{17 Ref} Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

^{18 Ref} So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

^{19 Ref} Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. `A Psalm' of Asaph.