Psalm 85

A Prayer for the Nation

For the director of music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

85Lord, you have been kind to your land;

you brought back the people of Jacob.

²You forgave the guilt of the people

and covered all their sins.

Selah

³You stopped all your anger;

you turned back from your strong anger.

⁴God our Savior, bring us back again.

Stop being angry with us.

⁵Will you be angry with us forever?

Will you stay angry from now on?

⁶Won’t you give us life again?

Your people would rejoice in you.

⁷Lord, show us your love,

and save us.

⁸I will listen to God the Lord.

He has ordered peace for those who worship him.

Don’t let them go back to foolishness.

⁹God will soon save those who respect him,

and his glory will be seen in our land.

¹⁰Love and truth belong to God’s people;

goodness and peace will be theirs.

¹¹On earth people will be loyal to God,

and God’s goodness will shine down from heaven.

¹²The Lord will give his goodness,

and the land will give its crops.

¹³Goodness will go before God

and prepare the way for him.