Chapter 79

  Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.  

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  Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth  

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  before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.  

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  Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.  

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  O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?  

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  How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?  

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  Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.  

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  O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.  

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  Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.  

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  Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.  

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  The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.  

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  It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.  

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  Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?  

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  The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.  

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  Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:  

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  And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.  

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  Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.  

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  Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.  

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  And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.  

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  O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.  

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