
80 - Qui regis Isræl

1   Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a sheep; 🞙
    show yourself also, you that sit upon the cherubim.

2   Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, 🞙
    stir up your strength and come to help us.

3   Restore us again, O God; 🞙
    show the light of your countenance, and we shall be whole.

4   O Lord God of hosts, 🞙
    how long will you be angry with your people that pray?

5   You feed them with the bread of tears 🞙
    and give them plenteous tears to drink.

6   You have made us the derision of our neighbors, 🞙
    and our enemies laugh us to scorn.

7   Restore us again, O God of hosts; 🞙
    show the light of your countenance, and we shall be whole.

8   You have brought a vine out of Egypt; 🞙
    you have cast out the nations and planted it.

9   You made room for it, 🞙
    and when it had taken root, it filled the land.

10  The hills were covered with the shadow of it, 🞙
    and the boughs thereof were like the mighty cedar trees.

11  It stretched out its branches to the sea 🞙
    and its boughs to the river.

12  Why have you broken down its hedge, 🞙
    so that all those who go by pluck off its grapes?

13  The wild boar out of the wood roots it up, 🞙
    and the wild beasts of the field devour it.

14  Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven; 🞙
    behold, and visit this vine,

15  And the place of the vineyard that your right hand has planted, 🞙
    and the branch that you made so strong for yourself.

16  As for those who burn it with fire and cut it down, 🞙
    let them perish at the rebuke of your countenance.

17  Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand 🞙
    and upon the son of man, whom you made so strong for yourself.

18  And so we will not turn back from you; 🞙
    O let us live, and we shall call upon your Name.

19  Restore us again, O Lord God of hosts; 🞙
    show the light of your countenance, and we shall be whole.
