| 1. | Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest `above' the cherubim, shine forth. |
| 2. | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. |
| 3. | Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. |
| 4. | O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry 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 makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. |
| 7. | Turn us again, 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 drive out the nations, and plantedst it. |
| 9. | Thou preparedst `room' before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. |
| 10. | The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were `like' cedars of God. |
| 11. | It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. |
| 12. | Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? |
| 13. | The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. |
| 14. | Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, |
| 15. | And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. |
| 16. | It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. |
| 17. | Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. |
| 18. | So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. |
| 19. | 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. |