Psalms 85

1 Lord, you have been favourable unto your land: you have brought back the captivity of Jacob.

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 have forgiven the iniquity of your people, you have covered all their sin. (Selah)

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

3 You have taken away all your wrath: you have turned yourself from the fierceness of your anger.

Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause your anger toward us to cease.

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

5 Will you be angry with us for ever? 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 mercy, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.

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

8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not 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 nigh them that fear him; that 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 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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

11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

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

12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

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

13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

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