O Lord, You have [at last] shown favor to Your land [of Canaan];
You have restored [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob (Israel).

Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together;
Righteousness and peace kiss each other.

I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the Lord will say,
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones—
But let them not turn again to folly.

Will You not revive us and bring us to life again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?

You have forgiven the wickedness of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah.

Surely His salvation is near to those who [reverently] fear Him [and obey Him with submissive wonder],
That glory [the manifest presence of God] may dwell in our land.

Truth springs from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.

Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord,
And grant us Your salvation.

Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.

Indeed, the Lord will give what is good,
And our land will yield its produce.

Righteousness will go before Him
And will make His footsteps into a way [in which to walk].

You have withdrawn all Your wrath,
You have turned away from Your burning anger.

Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?