ShepherdYour peoplewith Your scepter,The flockof Your possessionWhich dwellsby itselfin the woodland,In the midstof a fruitfulfield.Let them feedin Bashanand GileadAs in the daysof old.
Knowthat the LORDHimselfis God;It is He who has madeus, and not we ourselves;[We are] His peopleand the sheepof His pasture.
I rememberthe daysof old;I meditateon allYour doings;I museon the workof Your hands.
SaveYour peopleand blessYour inheritance;Be their shepherdalso, and carrythem forever.
For He is our God,And we are the peopleof His pastureand the sheepof His hand.Today,ifyou would hearHis voice,
"For howthencan it be knownthat I have foundfavorin Your sight,I and Your people?Is it not by Your goingwith us, so that we, I and Your people,may be distinguishedfrom allthe [other] peoplewhoare upon the faceof the earth?"
"Howbeautifulyou are, my darling,Howbeautifulyou are! Your eyesare [like] dovesbehindyour veil;Your hairis like a flockof goatsThat have descendedfrom MountGilead.
It will comeabout also in that daythat a greattrumpetwill be blown,and those who were perishingin the landof Assyriaand who were scatteredin the landof Egyptwill comeand worshipthe LORDin the holymountainat Jerusalem.
It will blossomprofuselyAnd rejoicewith rejoicingand shoutof joy.The gloryof Lebanonwill be givento it, The majestyof Carmeland Sharon.They will seethe gloryof the LORD,The majestyof our God.
"Throughyour servantsyou have reproachedthe Lord,And you have said,'With my manychariotsI cameup to the heightsof the mountains,To the remotestpartsof Lebanon;And I cutdownits tallcedars[and] its choicecypresses.And I will goto its highestpeak,its thickestforest.
Like a shepherdHe will tendHis flock,In His armHe will gatherthe lambsAnd carry[them] in His bosom;He will gently leadthe nursing[ewes].
"They will not hungeror thirst,Norwill the scorchingheator sunstrikethem down;For He who hascompassionon them will leadthem And will guidethem to springsof water.
"Sharonwill be a pasturelandfor flocks,And the valleyof Achora restingplacefor herds,For My peoplewhoseekMe.
"Arise,goup againsta nationwhich is at ease,Which livessecurely,"declaresthe LORD."It has nogatesor bars;They dwellalone.
In the daysof her afflictionand homelessnessJerusalemremembersallher preciousthingsThat were from the daysof old,When her peoplefellinto the handof the adversaryAnd noonehelpedher. The adversariessawher, They mockedat her ruin.
Restoreus to You, O LORD,that we may be restored;Renewour daysas of old,
I will multiplyon you manand beast;and they will increaseand be fruitful;and I will cause you to be inhabitedas you were formerlyand will treatyou betterthanat the first.Thus you will knowthat I am the LORD.
For everytenthpartof herdor flock,whateverpassesunderthe rod,the tenthone shall be holyto the LORD.
"In that dayI will raiseup the fallenboothof David,And wallup its breaches;I will also raiseup its ruinsAnd rebuildit as in the daysof old;
Then [those of] the Negevwill possessthe mountainof Esau,And [those of] the Shephelahthe Philistine[plain]; Also, possessthe territoryof Ephraimand the territoryof Samaria,And Benjamin[will possess] Gilead.
And He will ariseand shepherd[His flock] In the strengthof the LORD,In the majestyof the nameof the LORDHis God.And they will remain,Becauseat that timeHe will be greatTo the endsof the earth.
"The remnantof Israelwill donowrongAnd tellnolies,Norwill a deceitfultongueBe foundin their mouths;For they will feedand liedownWith nooneto make them tremble."
"I will bringthem backfrom the landof EgyptAnd gatherthem from Assyria;And I will bringthem into the landof Gileadand LebanonUntil no[room] can be foundfor them.
So I pasturedthe flock[doomed] to slaughter,hencethe afflictedof the flock.And I tookfor myself twostaffs:the oneI calledFavorand the otherI calledUnion;so I pasturedthe flock.
"Then the offeringof Judahand Jerusalemwill be pleasingto the LORDas in the daysof oldand as in formeryears.
"As I seehim from the topof the rocks,And I lookat him from the hills;Behold,a people[who] dwellsapart,And will not be reckonedamong the nations.
Now the sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadhadan exceedinglylargenumberof livestock.So when they sawthe landof Jazerand the landof Gilead,that it was indeeda placesuitablefor livestock,
the landwhichthe LORDconqueredbeforethe congregationof Israel,is a landfor livestock,and your servantshave livestock."
AND YOU, BETHLEHEM,LANDOF JUDAH,ARE BY NO MEANSLEASTAMONGTHE LEADERSOF JUDAH;FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTHA RULERWHOWILL SHEPHERDMY PEOPLEISRAEL.'"
"They are not of the world,evenas I amnot of the world.
"So Israeldwellsin security,The fountainof Jacobsecluded,In a landof grainand newwine;His heavensalsodropdowndew.
