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\d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'Lilies of the covenant'
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\q1
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\v 1 Yahweh, you who lead us as a shepherd leads his flock of sheep,
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\q1 you who sit on your throne in the Very Holy Place in the temple, above the figures of winged creatures,
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\q1 come and do powerful things for us Israelite people.
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\q1
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\v 2 Show yourself to the people of the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh!
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\q2 Show us that you are powerful
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\q2 and come and rescue us!
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\v 3 God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before;
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\q2 act kindly toward us so that we may be saved from our enemies!
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\v 4 Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies,
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\q2 how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
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\v 5 It is as though the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
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\q1
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\v 6 You have allowed the people groups that surround us to argue with each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take;
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\q2 they laugh at us.
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\v 7 God, Commander of the angel armies,
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\q2 make our nation strong as it was before!
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\q1 Act kindly toward us so that we may be saved!
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\v 8 Our ancestors were like a grapevine that you brought out of Egypt;
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\q1 you drove out the other people groups from this land,
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\q2 and you put your people in their land.
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\v 9 As people clear ground to plant a grapevine,
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\q1 you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it.
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\q1 As the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread,
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\q2 you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land.
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\v 10 As huge grapevines cover the hills with their shade
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\q2 and as their branches are taller than big cedar trees,
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\v 11 your people ruled all of Canaan, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Euphrates River in the east.
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\v 12 So why have you abandoned us
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\q2 and allowed our enemies to tear down our walls?
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\q1 You are like someone who tears down the fences around his vineyard,
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\q2 so that all the people who pass by can steal the grapes;
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\v 13 wild pigs can trample the vines,
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\q2 and wild animals can also eat the grapes.
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\v 14 You who are the Commander of the angel armies, turn to us!
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\q2 Look down from heaven and see what is happening to us!
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\q1 Come and rescue us who are like your grapevine,
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\v 15 who are like the young vine that you planted and caused to grow!
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\v 16 Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land;
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\q1 look at them angrily and get rid of them!
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\v 17 But strengthen us people whom you have chosen,
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\q2 us Israelite people whom you previously caused to be very strong.
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\v 18 When you do that, we will never turn away from you again;
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\q2 revive us, and then we will praise you.
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\v 19 Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, restore us;
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\q2 act kindly toward us and rescue us from our enemies!
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