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85:3  You have withdrawn all Your wrath {and} indignation, You have turned away from the blazing anger [which You had let loose].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.