| 1 | To the Overseer.—'On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. —A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs—shine forth, |
| 2 | Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation. |
| 3 | O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved. |
| 4 | Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people. |
| 5 | Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time. |
| 6 | Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it. |
| 7 | God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved. |
| 8 | A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it. |
| 9 | Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land, |
| 10 | Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God. |
| 11 | It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings. |
| 12 | Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it? |
| 13 | A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it. |
| 14 | God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine, |
| 15 | And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee, |
| 16 | Burnt with fire—cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish. |
| 17 | Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself. |
| 18 | And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call. |
| 19 | O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved! |