Psalms 85

1 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.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable to thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

2 You took away your people's guilt; you forgave all their sins. (Selah)

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. (Selah)

3 You took back your fury; you turned away from your fierce anger.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thy anger.

4 Bring us back to you, God of our salvation! Take away your anger towards us.

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause thy anger toward us to cease.

5 Are you going to be furious with us forever? Will you stay angry with us for all future generations?

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thy anger to all generations?

6 Won't you restore our lives so your people can find happiness in you?

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

7 Show us your trustworthy love, Lord! Give us your salvation!

Show us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

8 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.

I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

9 Truly God's salvation is with those who do as he says. His glorious presence will live with us in our land.

Surely his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

10 Trustworthiness and faithful love join together; goodness and peace have kissed each other.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11 What is true grows up from the earth; what is right looks down from heaven.

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

12 The Lord will certainly give us all that is good, and our land will produce fine crops.

Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

13 Truth and right go ahead of him to prepare a path for him to walk on.

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.