85:1 LORD, YOU have [at last] been favorable {and} have dealt graciously with Your land [of Canaan]; You have brought back [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob. |
85:2 You have forgiven {and} taken away the iniquity of Your people, You have covered all their sin. Selah [pause, and calmly realize what that means]! |
85:3 You have withdrawn all Your wrath {and} indignation, You have turned away from the blazing anger [which You had let loose]. |
85:4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your anger toward us to cease [forever]. |
85:5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger [and disfavor] {and} spread it out to all generations? |
85:6 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? |
85:7 Show us Your mercy {and} loving-kindness, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation. |
85:8 I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)--but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly. |
85:9 Surely His salvation is near to those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear Him, [and is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may tabernacle {and} abide in our land. |
85:10 Mercy {and} loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. |
85:11 Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. |
85:12 Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. |
85:13 Righteousness shall go before Him and shall make His footsteps a way in which to walk. |