Psalms 85
1 Yahweh, you have been kind to [us people who live in] this land; you have enabled [us] Israeli people to become prosperous again.
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 forgave [us], your people, for the sins that we had committed; you pardoned [us] for all our sins [DOU].
Thou hast taken away, the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered, all their sin. (Selah)
3 You stopped being angry [with us] and turned away from severely punishing [us].
Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.
4 Now, God, the one who saves/rescues us, (restore us/make us prosperous again) and stop being angry with us!
Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.
5 (Will you continue to be angry with us forever?/Please do not continue to be angry with us forever.) [DOU, RHQ]
To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?
6 Please enable us [RHQ] to prosper again in order that [we], your people, will rejoice about what you [have done for us].
Wilt not, thou thyself, again give us life, That, thy people, may rejoice in thee.
7 Yahweh, by rescuing us [from our troubles/difficulties], show us that you faithfully love us.
Show us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And, thy salvation, wilt thou grant us.
8 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.
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 He is surely ready to save/rescue those who revere him, in order that [his] glory/splendor will be seen in our land.
Surely, near unto them who revere him, is his salvation, That the Glory, may settle down, in our land.
10 [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.
Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other;
11 Here on earth, we will (be loyal to/continually believe in) God, and from heaven, God will act justly/fairly [toward us].
Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.
12 Yes, Yahweh will do good things [for us], and there will be great harvests in our land.
Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase.
13 [Yahweh always acts] righteously [PRS, MET]; he acts righteously wherever he goes.
Righteousness, before him, shall march long, —That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.
