To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Lūgšana par Dieva vīnadēstu
1 Korvedim. Pēc meldijas “Liecības lilijas”. Āsāfa psalms.
2 Israēla gans, ieklausies!
Tu, kas ved Jāzepu kā ganāmpulku,
kas ķerubos sēdi, atspīdi jel
3 Efraima un Benjamīna, un Manases priekšā –
urdi savu spēku, nāc un glāb mūs!
4 Dievs, atjauno mūs
un liec savam vaigam starot,
ka mēs tiktu glābti!
5 Kungs, Pulku Dievs,
cik ilgi vēl kūpēs
tavas dusmas pret tavas tautas lūgšanām?
6 Tu barojis viņus ar asaru maizi
un devis tiem asaras dzert krūkām,
7 tu mūs noliki kaimiņiem ko skaisties
un mūsu naidniekiem ko smiet savā starpā, –
8 Pulku Dievs, atjauno mūs
un liec savam vaigam starot,
ka mēs tiktu glābti!
9 Vīnadēstu tu izraki Ēģiptē –
tautas tu izrāvi, bet to iestādīji,
10 tu ravēji tam visapkārt,
tas sakņojās un piepildīja zemi –
11 kalnus apklāja tā ēna
un tā pazares Dieva ciedrus,
12 tas stiepj zarus līdz jūrai
un līdz upei sniedz atvases –
13 tad kādēļ tu nogāzi tā žogu,
lai plūc katrs, kas garām staigā?
14 Plosa to mežakuilis,
un lauku tekuļi nogana to!
15 Pulku Dievs, jel pievērsies,
no debesīm paveries un ieraugi to,
un aprūpē šo vīnadēstu,
16 šo stumbru, ko stādījusi
tava labā roka, –
šo dēlu, ko tu sev stiprinājis!
17 To ugunī sadedzinājuši, to nocirtuši!
Tava vaiga bardzībā lai tie iznīkst!
18 Lai tava roka pār to,
kurš tev pie labās rokas, –
pār cilvēka dēlu, ko tu sev stiprinājis!
19 Mēs nenovērsīsimies no tevis –
dzīvini mūs,
un tavu vārdu mēs piesauksim.
20 Kungs, Pulku Dievs, atjauno mūs
un liec savam vaigam starot,
ka mēs tiktu glābti!
