< Psalms 85 >

1 To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, Thy land, Thou hast turned [to] the captivity of Jacob.
“To the chief musician, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” Thou hast been favorable, O Lord, unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. (Selah)
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: thou hast covered over all their sin. (Selah)
3 Thou hast gathered up all Thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of Thine anger.
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast relinquished the fierceness of thy anger.
4 Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.
Return to us, O God of our salvation, and cause thy ill-will toward us to cease.
5 To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?
Wilt thou be wroth with us for ever? wilt thou extend thy anger from generation to generation?
6 Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.
Wilt thou not [now] revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And Thy salvation Thou dost give to us.
Show us thy kindness, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.
8 I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.
I will hear what God the Lord will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his pious ones: only let them not turn again to folly.
9 Only, near to those fearing Him [is] His salvation, That honour may dwell in our land.
Surely, nigh is his salvation unto those that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
Kindness and truth are met together: righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,
Truth will grow up out of the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven.
12 Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase.
Yea, the Lord will also give the good, and our land will yield its products.
13 Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!
Righteousness will walk firmly before him, and will make [level] the way by its steps.

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