< 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 leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O LORD! thou hast been favorable to thy land; Thou hast brought back the captives of Jacob;
2 You have carried away the iniquity of Your people, You have covered all their sin. (Selah)
Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people, And cover all their sins! (Pause)
3 You have gathered up all Your wrath, You have turned back from the fierceness of Your anger.
Thou didst take away all thy displeasure, And abate the fierceness of thy wrath.
4 Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Your anger with us.
Restore us, O God of our salvation! And let thine anger towards us cease!
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? Wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation?
6 Do You not turn back? You revive us, And Your people rejoice in You.
Wilt thou not revive us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Show us, O YHWH, your kindness, And You give to us Your salvation.
Show us thy compassion, O LORD! 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 God the LORD will speak: Truly he will speak peace to his people, and to his servants; Only let them not turn again to folly!
9 Surely His salvation [is] near to those fearing Him, That glory may dwell in our land.
Yea, his salvation is near to those who fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.
10 Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
Mercy and truth shall meet together, Righteousness and peace shall kiss each other;
11 Truth springs up from the earth, And righteousness looks out from the heavens,
Truth shall spring out of the earth; Righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 YHWH also gives that which is good, And our land gives its increase.
Yea, Jehovah will give prosperity, And our land shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness goes before Him, And makes a way for His footsteps!
Righteousness shall go before him, And set us in the way of his steps.

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