Psalm 85
Prayer for the People’s Salvation
1 For the director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
2 O Lord, you showed favor to your land;
you restored the good fortune of Jacob.
3 You forgave the iniquity of your people;
you canceled all their sins. Selah
4 You cast aside all your wrath;
you put an end to your great anger.
5 Restore us once again, O God, our Savior,
and cease your displeasure toward us.
6 Will you remain angry with us forever?
Will you hold onto your wrath for all generations?
7 Will you not once again give us life
so that your people may exult in you?
8 Show us, O Lord, your kindness
and grant us your salvation.
9 I will listen for God’s response;
surely the Lord will proclaim peace to his people, his saints,
to those who turn to him with their whole heart.
10 His salvation is indeed near for those who fear him;
his glory will dwell in our land.
11 Kindness and faithfulness will meet;
righteousness and peace will embrace.
12 Faithfulness will spring forth from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.
13 The Lord will grant us prosperity,
and our land will yield its harvest.
14 Righteousness will go forth in front of him,
and he will set us on the way he treads.
Footnotes
- Psalm 85:1
- Psalm 85:1
- Psalm 85:2
- Psalm 85:5
- Psalm 85:8
- Psalm 85:9
- Psalm 85:9
- Psalm 85:10
- Psalm 85:11
- Psalm 85:11
- Psalm 85:12
- Psalm 85:13
- Psalm 85:13
