Psalms 85

1A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

1 Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.

2Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

2The wrongdoing of your people had forgiveness; all their sin had been covered. (Selah.)

3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

3You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.

4Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

4Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.

5For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

5Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations?

6Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

6Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you?

7I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

7Let us see your mercy, O Lord, and give us your salvation.

8There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

8I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.

9All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

9Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land.

10For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

10Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.

11Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

11Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven.

12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

12The Lord will give what is good; and our land will give its increase.

13For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.

13Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps.

14O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

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15And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

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16O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

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17Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.

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