85:1   LORD, you have been merciful to your land; you have made Israel prosperous again.

85:2   You have forgiven your people's sins and pardoned all their wrongs.

85:3   You stopped being angry with them and held back your furious rage.

85:4   Bring us back, O God our savior, and stop being displeased with us!

85:5   Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger never cease?

85:6   Make us strong again, and we, your people, will praise you.

85:7   Show us your constant love, O LORD, and give us your saving help.

85:8   I am listening to what the LORD God is saying; he promises peace to us, his own people, if we do not go back to our foolish ways.

85:9   Surely he is ready to save those who honor him, and his saving presence will remain in our land.

85:10   Love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will embrace.

85:11   Human loyalty will reach up from the earth, and God's righteousness will look down from heaven.

85:12   The LORD will make us prosperous, and our land will produce rich harvests.

85:13   Righteousness will go before the LORD and prepare the path for him.