Psalms 85

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody. Thou hast accepted, O Yahweh, thy land, Thou hast brought back the captives of Jacob;

2 You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin.

Thou hast taken away, the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered, all their sin. (Selah)

3 You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.

Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.

4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.

5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?

6 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

Wilt not, thou thyself, again give us life, That, thy people, may rejoice in thee.

7 Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.

Show us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And, thy salvation, wilt thou grant us.

8 I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

I will hear, what GOD—Yahweh—will speak, —For he will bespeak prosperity to his people, And to his men of lovingkindness, And to them who return with their heart unto him.

9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.

Surely, near unto them who revere him, is his salvation, That the Glory, may settle down, in our land.

10 Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other;

11 Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.

12 The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase.

13 Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.

Righteousness, before him, shall march long, —That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.