< 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.
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 carried away 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 gathered up all Your wrath, You have turned back from the fierceness of Your anger.
Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.
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 take away thy vexation towards us.
5 Are You angry against us for all time? Do You draw out Your anger To generation and generation?
To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?
6 Do You not turn back? You revive us, And Your people rejoice in You.
Wilt not, thou thyself, again give us life, That, thy people, may rejoice in thee.
7 Show us, O YHWH, your kindness, And You give to us Your salvation.
Show us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And, thy salvation, wilt thou grant us.
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—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 fearing 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 Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other;
11 Truth springs up from the earth, And righteousness looks out from the heavens,
Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.
12 YHWH also gives that which is good, And our land gives its increase.
Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness goes before Him, And makes a way for His footsteps!
Righteousness, before him, shall march long, —That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.

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