Psalm 85

Revised Geneva Translation

85 LORD, You have been favorable to Your land. You have brought back the captives of Jacob.

² You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people and covered all their sins. Selah.

³ You have withdrawn all Your anger and have turned back from the fierceness of Your wrath.

⁴ Turn us, O God of Our Salvation, and release Your anger toward us.

⁵ Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your wrath from one generation to another?

⁶ Will You not turn again and quicken us, so that Your people may rejoice in You?

⁷ Show us Your mercy, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.

⁸ I will listen to what the LORD God will say. For He will speak peace to His people, and to His saints, so that they do not turn again to folly.

⁹ Surely, His salvation is near to those who fear Him, so that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth shall meet, righteousness and peace shall kiss.

¹¹ Truth shall bud out of the Earth and righteousness shall look down from Heaven.

¹² Indeed, the LORD shall give good things and our land shall give her increase.

¹³ Righteousness shall go before Him and shall set her steps in the way. A prayer of David