Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
To the Chief Musician. Ps. 45:titleSet to "The Lilies." A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
(Ex. 25:20–22); 1 Sam. 4:4; 2 Sam. 6:2You who lead Joseph Ps. 77:20like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, Deut. 33:2shine forth!
2 Before Ps. 78:9, 67Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,
Stir up Your strength,
And come and save us!
3 Lam. 5:21Restore us, O God;
Num. 6:25; Ps. 4:6Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
4 O Lord God of hosts,
Ps. 79:5How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?
5 Ps. 42:3; Is. 30:20You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
6 You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Restore us, O God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
8 You have brought (Is. 5:1, 7); Jer. 2:21; Ezek. 15:6; 17:6; 19:10a vine out of Egypt;
Ps. 44:2; Acts 7:45You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
9 You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the mighty cedars with its Lev. 23:40boughs.
11 She sent out her boughs to the Sea,
And her branches to the River.
12 Why have You Is. 5:5; Nah. 2:2broken down her hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
13 The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.
14 Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;
Is. 63:15Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
15 And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong (Is. 49:5)for Yourself.
16 Itis burned with fire, itis cut down;
(Ps. 39:11)They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 Ps. 89:21Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!