¹Lord, your love has poured out

so many amazing blessings on our land!

You’ve restored Jacob’s destiny from captivity.

²You’ve forgiven our many sins and covered

every one of them in your love.

³So now it’s obvious that your blazing anger has ended and

the furious fire of wrath has been extinguished by your mercy .

⁴So bring us back to loving you, God our Savior.

Restore our hearts so that we’ll never again

feel your anger rise against us.

⁵Will you forever hold a grudge?

Will your anger endure for all time?

⁶Revive us again, O God! I know you will! Give us a fresh start!

Then all your people will taste your joy and gladness.

⁷Pour out even more of your love on us!

Reveal more of your kindness and restore us back to you!

⁸Now I’ll listen carefully for your voice

and wait to hear whatever you say.

Let me hear your promise of peace—

the message every one of your godly lovers longs to hear.

Don’t let us in our ignorance turn back from following you.

⁹For I know your power and presence shines on all your devoted lovers.

Your glory always hovers over all who bow low before you.

¹⁰Your mercy and your truth have married each other.

Your righteousness and peace have kissed.

¹¹Flowers of your faithfulness are blooming on the earth.

Righteousness shines down from the sky.

¹²Yes, the Lord keeps raining down blessing after blessing,

and prosperity will drench the land with a bountiful harvest.

¹³For deliverance goes before him,[#85:13 Or “righteousness.”]

preparing a path for his steps.