1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
2before Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin.
3God, restore us:
4O LORD of hosts,
5You have fed them with bread of tears,
6The scorn of our neighbours you make us,
7God of hosts, restore us:
8A vine out of Egypt you brought;
9in the ground you did clear she struck root,
10The shade of her covered the mountains,
11She sent forth her shoots to the sea,
12Why have you torn down her fences, and left her
13to be gnawed by the boar from the forest,
14O God of hosts, return:
15the vine which your right hand has planted.ΒΆ
16She is burned with fire and cut down
17Support the one you have chosen,
18then from you we will never draw back.
19LORD, God of hosts, restore us: