Psalm 85

PSALM 85

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

¹Lord, thou wast favorable to thy land;

thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob.

²Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people;

thou didst pardon all their sin. Selah

³Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath;

thou didst turn from thy hot anger.

⁴Restore us again, O God of our salvation,

and put away thy indignation toward us!

⁵Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?

Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations?

⁶Wilt thou not revive us again,

that thy people may rejoice in thee?

⁷Show us thy steadfast love, O Lord,

and grant us thy salvation.

⁸Let 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

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

that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet;

righteousness and peace will kiss each other.

¹¹Faithfulness will spring up from the ground,

and righteousness will look down from the sky.

¹²Yea, the Lord will give what is good,

and our land will yield its increase.

¹³Righteousness will go before him,

and make his footsteps a way.