Psalms 85
1 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;
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 Thou hast taken away, the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered, all their sin. (Selah)
You took away your people's guilt; you forgave all their sins. (Selah)
3 Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.
You took back your fury; you turned away from your fierce anger.
4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.
Bring us back to you, God of our salvation! Take away your anger towards us.
5 To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?
Are you going to be furious with us forever? Will you stay angry with us for all future generations?
6 Wilt not, thou thyself, again give us life, That, thy people, may rejoice in thee.
Won't you restore our lives so your people can find happiness in you?
7 Show us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And, thy salvation, wilt thou grant us.
Show us your trustworthy love, Lord! Give us your salvation!
8 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.
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, near unto them who revere him, is his salvation, That the Glory, may settle down, 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 Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other;
Trustworthiness and faithful love join together; goodness and peace have kissed each other.
11 Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.
What is true grows up from the earth; what is right looks down from heaven.
12 Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase.
The Lord will certainly give us all that is good, and our land will produce fine crops.
13 Righteousness, before him, shall march long, —That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.
Truth and right go ahead of him to prepare a path for him to walk on.
