2. to the people of Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.Use your strength.Come and save us.
3. God, take us back.Show us your kindness so we can be saved.
4. Lord God of heaven’s armies,how long will you be angryat the prayers of your people?
5. You have fed your people tears.You have made them drink many tears.
6. You made those around us fight over us.Our enemies make fun of us.
7. God of heaven’s armies, take us back.Show us your kindness so we can be saved.
8. You brought us out of Egypt as if we were a vine.You forced out other nations and planted us in the land.
9. You cleared the land for us.Like a vine, we took root and filled the land.
10. We covered the mountains with our shade.We had limbs like the mighty cedar tree.
11. Our branches reached the Mediterranean Sea.And our shoots went to the Euphrates River.