1. GIVE EAR, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock; You Who sit enthroned upon the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth
2. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Stir up Your might, and come to save us!
3. Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved!
4. O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people's prayers?
5. You have fed them with the bread of tears, and You have given them tears to drink in large measure.
6. You make us a strife and scorn to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7. Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved!
8. You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan].
9. You prepared room before it, and it took deep root and it filled the land.
10. The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God].