Psalm 85

¹LORD , you’ve been kind to your land;

you’ve changed Jacob’s circumstances for the better.

²You’ve forgiven your people’s wrongdoing;

you’ve covered all their sins. Selah

³You’ve stopped being furious;

you’ve turned away from your burning anger.

⁴You, the God who can save us, restore us!

Stop being angry with us!

⁵Will you be mad at us forever?

Will you prolong your anger from one generation to the next?

⁶Won’t you bring us back to life again

so that your people can rejoice in you?

⁷Show us your faithful love, LORD !

Give us your salvation!

⁸Let me hear what the LORD God says,

because he speaks peace to his people and to his faithful ones.

Don’t let them return to foolish ways.

⁹God’s salvation is very close to those who honor him

so that his glory can live in our land.

¹⁰Faithful love and truth have met;

righteousness and peace have kissed.

¹¹Truth springs up from the ground;

righteousness gazes down from heaven.

¹²Yes, the LORD gives what is good,

and our land yields its produce.

¹³Righteousness walks before God,

making a road for his steps.