1. O Thou Who the Shepherd
of Israel art,
Give ear to our pray’r
and Thy favor impart;
Thou Leader of Joseph,
Thou Guide of his way,
’Mid cherubim dwelling,
Thy glory display.
2. In Ephraim’s, Manasseh’s
and Benjamin’s sight,
O come Thou and save us;
awake in Thy might.
O God, give us favor,
restore to Thy grace;
And then we shall live
in the light of Thy face.
3. From Egypt’s dark border
a vine Thou didst take;
Destroying the heathen
didst room for it make.
Where planted it grew
at Thy sov’reign command,
With roots deeply set
and boughs filling the land.
4. The axe hews it down;
it is burned in the fire;
They perish, rebuked in Thy terrible ire.
O lay then Thy hand on
the Man of Thy might,
The Son of Man made to stand
strong in Thy sight.
5. No more shall we wander,
delighting in shame;
Revive us, O Lord,
we will call on Thy Name.
O Lord God of Hosts,
us restore to Thy grace,
And then we shall live
in the light of Thy face.