6 Because of you,our enemies who live nearbylaugh and joke about us.
7 But if you smile on us,we will be saved.
8 We were like a grapevineyou brought out of Egypt.You chased other nations awayand planted us here.
9 Then you cleared the ground,and we put our roots deep,spreading over the land.
10 Shade from this vine coveredthe mountains.Its branches climbedthe mighty cedars
11 and stretched to the sea;its new growth reachedto the river.
12 Our Lord, why have youtorn down the wallfrom around the vineyard?You let everyone who walks bypick the grapes.