1. Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.
2. Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth
3. before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.
4. Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
5. O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?
6. How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?
7. Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.
8. O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
9. Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.
10. Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.
11. The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
12. It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.