Psalms 85

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

1Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

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

2Thou 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.

3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself 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.

4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

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

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

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

6Wilt 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.

7Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

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

8I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: 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.

9Surely 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.

10Mercy 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.

11Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

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

12Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

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

13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

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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