2 Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
3 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.
4 Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
5 O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
6 You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.
7 You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.
8 Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
