Psalms 85

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

1 Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob:

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

2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

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

3 Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger.

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

4 Bring us back, OGod of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

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

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation?

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

6 Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?

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

7 Shew us thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us thy salvation.

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

8 I will hear whatGod, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to hisgodly ones: but let them not turn again to folly.

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

9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

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

10 Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other:

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

11 Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.

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

12 Jehovah also will give what is good, and our land shall yield its increase.

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

13 Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way.

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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