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2to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us!
3Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
4O LORD God Almighty, how long will you be angry and reject our prayers?
5You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
6You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
7Turn us again to yourself, O God Almighty. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.
8You brought us from Egypt as though we were a tender vine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
9You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered with our shade; the mighty cedars were covered with our branches.
11We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea, our limbs east to the Euphrates River.
12But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass may steal our fruit?
13The boar from the forest devours us, and the wild animals feed on us.
14Come back, we beg you, O God Almighty. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Watch over and care for this vine
15that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
16For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
17Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.
18Then we will never forsake you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
19Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God Almighty. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.