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.

Yahweh, you have been kind to [us people who live in] this land; you have enabled [us] Israeli people to become prosperous again.

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

You forgave [us], your people, for the sins that we had committed; you pardoned [us] for all our sins [DOU].

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

You stopped being angry [with us] and turned away from severely punishing [us].

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

Now, God, the one who saves/rescues us, (restore us/make us prosperous again) and stop being angry with us!

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

(Will you continue to be angry with us forever?/Please do not continue to be angry with us forever.) [DOU, RHQ]

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

Please enable us [RHQ] to prosper again in order that [we], your people, will rejoice about what you [have done for us].

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

Yahweh, by rescuing us [from our troubles/difficulties], show us that you faithfully love 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 want to listen to what Yahweh [our] God says, because he promises/says that he will enable [us], his people, to live peacefully, if we do not return to doing foolish things.

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

He is surely ready to save/rescue those who revere him, in order that [his] glory/splendor will be seen in our land.

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

[When that happens], he will both faithfully love us and faithfully [do for us what he promised to do] [PRS]; and we will act/behave righteously, and he will give us peace, which will be like a kiss that he gives us.

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

Here on earth, we will (be loyal to/continually believe in) God, and from heaven, God will act justly/fairly [toward us].

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

Yes, Yahweh will do good things [for us], and there will be great harvests in our land.

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

[Yahweh always acts] righteously [PRS, MET]; he acts righteously wherever he goes.