Restoreus to You, O LORD,that we may be restored;Renewour daysas of old,
"Answerme, O LORD,answerme, that thispeoplemay knowthat You, O LORD,are God,and [that] You have turnedtheir heartbackagain."
O LORDGodof hosts,restoreus; Cause Your faceto shine[upon us], and we will be saved.
O God,restoreus And cause Your faceto shine[upon us], and we will be saved.
O God[of] hosts,restoreus And cause Your faceto shine[upon us], and we will be saved.
Restoreus, O Godof our salvation,And cause Your indignationtowardus to cease.
"Your sunwill nolongerset,Norwill your moonwane;For you will havethe LORDfor an everlastinglight,And the daysof your mourningwill be over.
Their childrenalso will be as formerly,And their congregationshall be establishedbeforeMe; And I will punishalltheir oppressors.
"I have surelyheardEphraimgrieving,You have chastisedme, and I was chastised,Like an untrainedcalf;Bringme backthat I may be restored,For You are the LORDmy God.
"AgainI will buildyou and you will be rebuilt,O virginof Israel!Againyou will takeup your tambourines,And goforthto the dancesof the merrymakers.
"Thussaysthe LORD,'Yetagainthere will be heardin thisplace,of whichyou say,"It is a waste,withoutmanand withoutbeast,"[that is], in the citiesof Judahand in the streetsof Jerusalemthat are desolate,withoutmanand withoutinhabitantand withoutbeast,
In the citiesof the hillcountry,in the citiesof the lowland,in the citiesof the Negev,in the landof Benjamin,in the environsof Jerusalemand in the citiesof Judah,the flockswill againpassunderthe handsof the one who numbersthem,' saysthe LORD.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"ThisalsoI will let the houseof IsraelaskMe to dofor them: I will increasetheir menlike a flock.
LORD,I have heardthe reportabout You [and] I fear.O LORD,reviveYour workin the midstof the years,In the midstof the yearsmakeit known;In wrathremembermercy.
"Then the offeringof Judahand Jerusalemwill be pleasingto the LORDas in the daysof oldand as in formeryears.
