Psalms 85

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Yahweh, you are gracious to your land, you bringback the captives of Jacob,	1 A Prayer of David himself. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear me. For I am needy and poor.
2 you take away the guilt of your people, you blot out al their sin.Pause	2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy. My God, bring salvation to your servant who hopes in you.
3 You retract al your anger, you renounce the heat of your fury.	3 O Lord, be merciful to me, for I have cried out to you all day long.
4 Bring us back, God our Saviour, appease your indignation against us!	4 Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.
5 Wil you be angry with us for ever? Wil you prolong your wrath age after age?	5 For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.
6 Wil you not give us life again, for your people to rejoice in you?	6 Pay attention, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplication.
7 Show us, Lord, your faithful love, grant us your saving help.	7 In the day of my tribulation, I cried out to you, because you heeded me.
8 I am listening. What is God's message? Yahweh's message is peace for his people, for his faithful, ifonly they renounce their folly.	8 There is no one like you among the gods, O Lord, and there is no one like you in your works.
9 His saving help is near for those who fear him, his glory wil dwel in our land.	9 All the nations, which you have made, will draw near and adore in your presence, O Lord. And they will glorify your name.
10 Faithful Love and Loyalty join together, Saving Justice and Peace embrace.	10 For you are great, and you perform wonders. You alone are God.
11 Loyalty wil spring up from the earth, and Justice wil lean down from heaven.	11 Lead me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth. May my heart rejoice, so that it will fear your name.
12 Yahweh will himself give prosperity, and our soil wil yield its harvest.	12 I will confess to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart. And I will glorify your name in eternity.
13 Justice will walk before him, treading out a path.	13 For your mercy toward me is great, and you have rescued my soul from the lower part of Hell.
	14 O God, the iniquitous have risen up against me, and the synagogue of the powerful have sought my soul, and they have not placed you in their sight.
	15 And you, Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, being patient and full of mercy and truthful.
	16 Look down upon me and have mercy on me. Grant your authority to your servant, and bring salvation to the son of your handmaid.
	17 Make me a sign of what is good, so that those who hate me, may look and be confounded. For you, O Lord, have helped me and consoled me.