PSALM 85

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

1 Lord, thou wast favorable to thy land;

thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob.

2 Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people;

thou didst pardon all their sin. [Selah]

3 Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath;

thou didst turn from thy hot anger.

4 Restore us again, O God of our salvation,

and put away thy indignation toward us!

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?

Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations?

6 Wilt thou not revive us again,

that thy people may rejoice in thee?

7 Show us thy steadfast love, O Lord,

and grant us thy salvation.

8 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,

for he will speak peace to his people,

to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts.s

9 Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him,

that glory may dwell in our land.

10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet;

righteousness and peace will kiss each other.

11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground,

and righteousness will look down from the sky.

12 Yea, the Lord will give what is good,

and our land will yield its increase.

13 Righteousness will go before him,

and make his footsteps a way.

PSALM 15

A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tent?

Who shall dwell on thy holy hill?

2 He who walks blamelessly, and does what is right,

and speaks truth from his heart;

3 who does not slander with his tongue,

and does no evil to his friend,

nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

4 in whose eyes a reprobate is despised,

but who honors those who fear the Lord;

who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

5 who does not put out his money at interest,

and does not take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be moved.

PSALM 16

A Miktam of David.

1 Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge.

2 I say to the Lord, “Thou art my Lord;

I have no good apart from thee.”g

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the noble,

in whom is all my delight.

4 Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows* ;*

their libations of blood I will not pour out

or take their names upon my lips.

5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;

thou holdest my lot.

6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

yea, I have a goodly heritage.

7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;

in the night also my heart instructs me.

8 I keep the Lord always before me;

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;

my body also dwells secure.

10 For thou dost not give me up to Sheol,

or let thy godly one see the Pit.

11 Thou dost show me the path of life;

in thy presence there is fulness of joy,

in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.