New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 85

Prayer for God’s Mercy upon the Nation.

1O LordH3068, You showedH7521 1favorH7521 to Your landH776; You 2 3restoredH7521 the captivityH7622 of JacobH3290.2You 4forgaveH5375 the iniquityH5771 of Your peopleH5971; You 5coveredH3680 allH3605 their sinH2403. 6SelahH5542.3You 7withdrewH622 allH3605 Your furyH5678; You 8turnedH7725 awayH7725 from Your burningH2740 angerH639.

4 9RestoreH7725 us, O GodH430 of our salvationH3468, And 10cause Your indignationH3708 towardH5973 us to ceaseH6565.5Will 11You be angryH599 with us foreverH5769? Will You prolongH4900 Your angerH639 to 12allH1755 generationsH1755?6Will You not YourselfH859 13 14reviveH2421 us againH7725, That Your peopleH5971 may 15rejoiceH8055 in You?7ShowH7200 us Your lovingkindnessH2617, O LordH3068, And 16grantH5414 us Your salvationH3468.

8 17I will hearH8085 whatH4100 GodH410 the LordH3068 will sayH1696; For He will 18speakH1696 peaceH7965 to His peopleH5971, 19to His godlyH2623 onesH2623; But let them not 20turnH7725 backH7725 to 21follyH3690.9SurelyH389 22His salvationH3468 is nearH7138 to those who 23fearH3372 Him, That 24gloryH3519 may dwellH7931 in our landH776.10 25LovingkindnessH2617 and 26truthH571 have metH6298 together; 27RighteousnessH6664 and peaceH7965 have kissedH5401 each other.11 28TruthH571 29springsH6779 from the earthH776, And righteousnessH6664 looksH8259 downH8259 from heavenH8064.12IndeedH1571, 30the LordH3068 will giveH5414 whatH2896 is goodH2896, And our 31landH776 will yieldH5414 its produceH2981.13 32RighteousnessH6664 will goH1980 beforeH6440 Him And will makeH7760 His footstepsH6471 into a wayH1870.

1. Psalms 85:1 Ps 77:7; 106:4 ↩
2. Psalms 85:1 Or restore the fortunes ↩
3. Psalms 85:1 Ezra 1:11; Ps 14:7; 126:1; Jer 30:18; Ezek 39:25; Hos 6:11; Joel 3:1 ↩
4. Psalms 85:2 Num 14:19; 1 Kin 8:34; Ps 78:38; 103:3; Jer 31:34 ↩
5. Psalms 85:2 Ps 32:1 ↩
6. Psalms 85:2 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude ↩
7. Psalms 85:3 Ps 78:38; 106:23 ↩
8. Psalms 85:3 Ex 32:12; Deut 13:17; Ps 106:23; Jon 3:9 ↩
9. Psalms 85:4 Ps 80:3,7 ↩
10. Psalms 85:4 Dan 9:16 ↩
11. Psalms 85:5 Ps 74:1; 79:5; 80:4 ↩
12. Psalms 85:5 Lit generation and generation ↩
13. Psalms 85:6 Or bring to life ↩
14. Psalms 85:6 Ps 71:20; 80:18 ↩
15. Psalms 85:6 Ps 33:1; 90:14; 149:2 ↩
16. Psalms 85:7 Ps 106:4 ↩
17. Psalms 85:8 Or Let me hear ↩
18. Psalms 85:8 Ps 29:11; Hag 2:9; Zech 9:10 ↩
19. Psalms 85:8 Lit even to ↩
20. Psalms 85:8 Ps 78:57; 2 Pet 2:21 ↩
21. Psalms 85:8 Or stupidity ↩
22. Psalms 85:9 Ps 34:18; Is 46:13 ↩
23. Psalms 85:9 Or reverence ↩
24. Psalms 85:9 Ps 84:11; Hag 2:7; Zech 2:5; John 1:14 ↩
25. Psalms 85:10 Ps 25:10; 89:14; Prov 3:3 ↩
26. Psalms 85:10 Or faithfulness ↩
27. Psalms 85:10 Ps 72:3; Is 32:17 ↩
28. Psalms 85:11 Or Faithfulness ↩
29. Psalms 85:11 Is 45:8 ↩
30. Psalms 85:12 Ps 84:11; James 1:17 ↩
31. Psalms 85:12 Lev 26:4; Ps 67:6; Ezek 34:27; Zech 8:12 ↩
32. Psalms 85:13 Ps 89:14 ↩