Psalm 85

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Lord, You showed favor to Your land;^(A)
You restored Jacob’s prosperity.^(a)^(B)

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You took away Your people’s guilt;
You covered all their sin.^(C)Selah

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You withdrew all Your fury;
You turned from Your burning anger.^(D)

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Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon Your displeasure with us.^(E)

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Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?^(F)

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Will You not revive us again
so that Your people may rejoice in You?^(G)

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Show us Your faithful love, Lord,
and give us Your salvation.^(H)

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I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.^(I)

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His salvation is very near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.^(J)

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Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.^(K)

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Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.^(L)

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Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.^(M)

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Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.^(N)

a. Psalm 85:1: Or restored Jacob from captivity

A. Psalm 85:1: Psalm 106:4

B. Psalm 85:1: Deuteronomy 30:3; Psalm 14:7; Jeremiah 29:14

C. Psalm 85:2: Psalm 32:1; Psalm 32:5

D. Psalm 85:3: Psalm 78:38; Psalm 106:23; Jonah 3:9

E. Psalm 85:4: Psalm 27:9; Psalm 79:9; Psalm 80:3; Psalm 80:7

F. Psalm 85:5: Psalm 74:1; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 80:4

G. Psalm 85:6: Psalm 71:20; Psalm 80:18; Psalm 149:2

H. Psalm 85:7: Psalm 69:13; Psalm 119:41

I. Psalm 85:8: Haggai 2:9

J. Psalm 85:9: Isaiah 46:13; John 1:14

K. Psalm 85:10: Psalm 72:3; Psalm 89:14

L. Psalm 85:11: Isaiah 45:8

M. Psalm 85:12: Psalm 65:12-13; Psalm 67:6; Ezekiel 34:27

N. Psalm 85:13: Psalm 89:14; Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 58:8