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Rh :O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee;
 * Look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,
 * And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted,
 * And the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.
 * It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
 * They perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.
 * Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand,
 * Upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.
 * So shall we not turn back from Thee;
 * Quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.
 * O God of hosts, restore us;
 * Cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

For the Leader; upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.


 * Sing aloud unto God our strength;
 * Shout unto the God of Jacob.
 * Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel,
 * The sweet harp with the psaltery.
 * Blow the horn at the new moon,
 * At the full moon for our feast-day.
 * For it is a statute for Israel,
 * An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
 * He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,
 * When He went forth against the land of Egypt.
 * The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:


 * 'I removed his shoulder from the burden;
 * His hands were freed from the basket.
 * Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee;
 * I answered thee in the secret place of thunder;
 * I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.
 * Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee:
 * O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!
 * There shall no strange god be in thee;
 * Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
 * I am the thy God,
 * Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt;
 * Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.


 * But My people hearkened not to My voice;
 * And Israel would none of Me.
 * So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart,
 * That they might walk in their own counsels.
 * Oh that My people would hearken unto Me,
 * That Israel would walk in My ways!
 * I would soon subdue their enemies,
 * And turn My hand against their adversaries.
 * The haters of the should dwindle away before Him;
 * And their punishment should endure for ever.
 * They should also be fed with the fat of wheat;
 * And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'

A Psalm of Asaph.


 * God standeth in the congregation of God;
 * In the midst of the judges He judgeth:
 * 'How long will ye judge unjustly,