Restore Us, O God
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Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
a You who lead Joseph b like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, c shine forth!
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Before d Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,
Stir up Your strength,
And come and save us!
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e Restore us, O God;
f Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
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O LORD God of hosts,
g How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?
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h You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
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You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Restore us, O God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
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You have brought i a vine out of Egypt;
j You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
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You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
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The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the mighty cedars with its k boughs.
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She sent out her boughs to the Sea,
And her branches to the River.
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Why have You l broken down her hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
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The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.
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Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;
m Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
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And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong n for Yourself.
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It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
o They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
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p Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
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Then we will not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
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Restore us, O LORD God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
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Cross References
Exodus 25:20 - 22
And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
1 Samuel 4:4
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
2 Samuel 6:2
And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the Name, the LORD of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim.
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Cross References
Psalms 77:20
You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:2
And he said: "The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them.
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Cross References
Psalms 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
Psalms 78:67
Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
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Cross References
Lamentations 5:21
Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old.
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Cross References
Numbers 6:25
The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you.
Psalms 4:6
There are many who say, "Who will show us any good?" LORD, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.
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Cross References
Psalms 79:5
How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
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Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, "Where is your God?
Isaiah 30:20
And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers.
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Cross References
Isaiah 5:1
Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my...
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the ho...
Jeremiah 2:21
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of h...
Ezekiel 15:6
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Like the woo...
Ezekiel 17:6
And it grew and became a spreading vine of low ...
Ezekiel 19:10
Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, ...
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Cross References
Psalms 44:2
You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
Acts 7:45
Which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David.
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Cross References
Leviticus 23:40
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
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Cross References
Isaiah 5:5
And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
Nahum 2:2
For the LORD will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches.
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Cross References
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious. Where are Your zeal and Your strength, The yearning of Your heart and Your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
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Isaiah 49:5
And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, And My God shall be My strength).
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Cross References
Psalms 39:11
When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah
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Psalms 89:21
With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him.
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