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.

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 You forgave [us], your people, for the sins that we had committed; you pardoned [us] for all our sins [DOU].

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

3 You stopped being angry [with us] and turned away from severely punishing [us].

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

4 Now, God, the one who saves/rescues us, (restore us/make us prosperous again) and stop being angry with us!

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

5 (Will you continue to be angry with us forever?/Please do not continue to be angry with us forever.) [DOU, RHQ]

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

6 Please enable us [RHQ] to prosper again in order that [we], your people, will rejoice about what you [have done for us].

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

7 Yahweh, by rescuing us [from our troubles/difficulties], show us that you faithfully love us.

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

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.

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 He is surely ready to save/rescue those who revere him, in order that [his] glory/splendor will be seen 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 [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.

Trustworthiness and faithful love join together; goodness and peace 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].

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

12 Yes, Yahweh will do good things [for us], and there will be great harvests in our land.

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

13 [Yahweh always acts] righteously [PRS, MET]; he acts righteously wherever he goes.

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