| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth! | 1Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory |
| 2Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, Stir up Your strength, And come and save us! | 2to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us! |
| 3Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved! | 3Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. |
| 4O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry Against the prayer of Your people? | 4O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers? |
| 5You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in great measure. | 5You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful. |
| 6You have made us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves. | 6You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke. |
| 7Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved! | 7Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. |
| 8You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it. | 8You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land. |
| 9You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land. | 9You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land. |
| 10The hills were covered with its shadow, And the mighty cedars with its boughs. | 10Our shade covered the mountains; our branches covered the mighty cedars. |
| 11She sent out her boughs to the Sea, And her branches to the River. | 11We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea; our shoots spread east to the Euphrates River. |
| 12Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit? | 12But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit? |
| 13The boar out of the woods uproots it, And the wild beast of the field devours it. | 13The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it. |
| 14Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, And visit this vine | 14Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine |
| 15And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself. | 15that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself. |
| 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. | 16For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown. |
| 17Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. | 17Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice. |
| 18Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. | 18Then we will never abandon you again. Revive us so we can call on your name once more. |
| 19Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved! | 19Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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