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To the director: A song of praise from the Korah family.

85 Lord , you have been so kind to your land.
You have brought success again to the people of Jacob.
² You have forgiven the bad things your people did.
You have taken away the guilt of their sins! Selah

³ You stopped being angry with them.
Your terrible anger has gone away.
⁴ Our God and Savior, accept us again.
Don’t be angry with us anymore.
⁵ Will you be angry with us forever?
Will your anger reach to our children and to their children?
⁶ Please, give us new life!
Make your people happy to be yours.
⁷ Lord , save us
and show us your love.

⁸ I heard what the Lord God said.
He said there would be peace for his people and his loyal followers.
So they must not go back to their foolish way of living.
⁹ He will soon save his faithful followers.
His glory will again live in our land. ^{[ a ]}
¹⁰ God’s love will come together with his faithful people.
Goodness and peace will greet them with a kiss.
¹¹ People on earth will be loyal to God,
and God in heaven will be good to them. ^{[ b ]}
¹² The Lord will give us many good things.
The ground will grow many good crops.
¹³ Goodness will go before the Lord
and prepare the way for him.

Footnotes

Psalm 85:9 His … land Or “We will soon live with honor in our land.”
Psalm 85:11 Literally, “Loyalty will sprout from the ground, and goodness will look down from the sky.”

Prayer for God’s mercy upon the nation.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

85 Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land;
Thou hast ^{[ a ]} brought back the captivity of Jacob.
² Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people;
Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah
³ Thou hast taken away all thy wrath;
Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
⁴ ^{[ b ]} Turn us, O God of our salvation,
And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
⁵ Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?
Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
⁶ Wilt thou not quicken us again,
That thy people may rejoice in thee?
⁷ Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah,
And grant us thy salvation.
⁸ I will hear what God Jehovah will speak;
For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints:
But let them not turn again to folly.
⁹ Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him,
That glory may dwell in our land.
¹⁰ Mercy and truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
¹¹ Truth springeth out of the earth;
And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
¹² Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good;
And our land shall yield its increase.
¹³ Righteousness shall go before him,
And shall ^{[ c ]} make his footsteps a way to walk in .

Footnotes

Psalm 85:1 Or, returned to
Psalm 85:4 Or, Turn to us
Psalm 85:13 Or, set us in the way of his steps

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

85 Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land.
You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
² You have forgiven the iniquity of your people.
You have covered all their sin. Selah.
³ You have taken away all your wrath.
You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.
⁴ Turn us, God of our salvation,
and cause your indignation toward us to cease.
⁵ Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you draw out your anger to all generations?
⁶ Won’t you revive us again,
that your people may rejoice in you?
⁷ Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh.
Grant us your salvation.
⁸ I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people, his saints;
but let them not turn again to folly.
⁹ Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
¹⁰ Mercy and truth meet together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
¹¹ Truth springs out of the earth.
Righteousness has looked down from heaven.
¹² Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good.
Our land will yield its increase.
¹³ Righteousness goes before him,
And prepares the way for his steps.

85 A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

² Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

³ Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

⁴ Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

⁵ For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

⁶ Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

⁷ I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

⁸ There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

⁹ All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

¹⁰ For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

¹¹ Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

¹² I will praise thee, O Lord my God: with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

¹³ For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.

¹⁴ O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

¹⁵ And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

¹⁶ O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

¹⁷ shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.

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To the director: A song of praise from the Korah family.

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Prayer for God’s mercy upon the nation.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

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Prayer for God’s mercy upon the nation.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

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