Psalms 85

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. You have accepted, O YHWH, Your land, You have turned [to] the captivity of Jacob.

Unto the end, for the sons of Core, a psalm. Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

2 You have carried away the iniquity of Your people, You have covered all their sin. (Selah)

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: thou hast covered all their sins.

3 You have gathered up all Your wrath, You have turned back from the fierceness of Your anger.

Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou best turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.

4 Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Your anger with us.

Convert us, O God our saviour: and turn off thy anger from us.

5 Are You angry against us for all time? Do You draw out Your anger To generation and generation?

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation?

6 Do You not turn back? You revive us, And Your people rejoice in You.

Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life: and thy people shall rejoice in thee.

7 Show us, O YHWH, your kindness, And You give to us Your salvation.

Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy salvation.

8 I hear what God, YHWH, speaks, For He speaks peace to His people, And to His saints, and they do not turn back to folly.

I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.

9 Surely His salvation [is] near to those fearing Him, That glory may dwell in our land.

Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land.

10 Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,

Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.

11 Truth springs up from the earth, And righteousness looks out from the heavens,

Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.

12 YHWH also gives that which is good, And our land gives its increase.

For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.

13 Righteousness goes before Him, And makes a way for His footsteps!

Justice shall walk before him: and shall set his steps in the way.