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.

For the music director. A psalm of the descendants of Korah Lord, you have shown your kindness to your land; you have restored Jacob's prosperity.

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

You took away your people's guilt; you forgave all their sins. (Selah)

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

You took back your fury; you turned away from your fierce anger.

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

Bring us back to you, God of our salvation! Take away your anger towards us.

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

Are you going to be furious with us forever? Will you stay angry with us for all future generations?

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

Won't you restore our lives so your people can find happiness in you?

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

Show us your trustworthy love, Lord! Give us your 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.

Let me hear what God has to say. God speaks peace to his people, to those who trust in him. But they must not return to their foolish ways.

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

Truly God's salvation is with those who do as he says. His glorious presence will live with us in our land.

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

Trustworthiness and faithful love join together; goodness and peace have kissed each other.

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

What is true grows up from the earth; what is right looks down from heaven.

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

The Lord will certainly give us all that is good, and our land will produce fine crops.

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

Truth and right go ahead of him to prepare a path for him to walk on.