³ Restore us again, O God,
    and cause Your face to shine,
    and we shall be delivered.

⁴ O Lord God of Hosts,
    how long will You be angry
    against the prayers of Your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears
    and have given them tears to drink in great measure.
⁶ You make us contention for our neighbors,
    and our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷ Restore us again, O God of Hosts,
    and cause Your face to shine,
    and we shall be delivered.

⁸ You have brought a vine out of Egypt;
    You have cast out the nations and planted it.
⁹ You cleared the ground for it;
    it took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shadow
    and the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹ It sent out its branches to the sea
    and its shoots to the River.

¹² Why have You then broken down its walls,
    so that all those who pass by the way pluck its fruit?
¹³ The boar from the woods ravages it,
    and the insects of the field devour it.
¹⁴ Return again, O God of Hosts;
    look down from heaven, and behold,
have regard for this vine
¹⁵     and the root that Your right hand has planted,
    and the shoots that You made strong for Yourself.

¹⁶ It is burned with fire; it is cut down;
    may they perish at the rebuke from Your presence.
¹⁷ Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
    the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸ So we will not turn back from You;
    give us life, and we will call upon Your name.

¹⁹ Restore us again, O Lord God of Hosts;
    cause Your face to shine,
    and we shall be delivered.