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 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 Thou hast taken away, the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered, all their sin. (Selah)
Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people, And cover all their sins! (Pause)
3 Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.
Thou didst take away all thy displeasure, And abate the fierceness of thy wrath.
4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.
Restore us, O God of our salvation! And let thine anger towards us cease!
5 To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation?
6 Wilt not, thou thyself, again give us life, That, thy people, may rejoice in thee.
Wilt thou not revive us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Show us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And, thy salvation, wilt thou grant us.
Show us thy compassion, O LORD! And grant us thy 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.
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, near unto them who revere him, is his salvation, That the Glory, may settle down, in our land.
Yea, his salvation is near to those who fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.
10 Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other;
Mercy and truth shall meet together, Righteousness and peace shall kiss each other;
11 Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.
Truth shall spring out of the earth; Righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase.
Yea, Jehovah will give prosperity, And our land shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness, before him, shall march long, —That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.
Righteousness shall go before him, And set us in the way of his steps.
