“Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.”
The divine appearance is requested: "Shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh! Stir up your might, and come to save us!" The specific enumeration of three tribes (representing the central and northern regions) suggests the psalm addresses a crisis affecting northern/central Israel. The request for God to shine forth evokes theophanic imagery: divine manifestation is needed to address the crisis.
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