85:0 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
85:1 LORD, thou wast favorable to thy land; thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob.
85:2 Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin. [Selah]
85:3 Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath; thou didst turn from thy hot anger.
85:4 Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away thy indignation toward us!
85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations?
85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
85:7 Show us thy steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
85:8 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.
85:9 Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
85:10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
85:11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky.
85:12 Yea, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
85:13 Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.
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