1For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm. O LORD, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob. | 1For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm. O LORD, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob. |
2You pardoned the wrongdoing of your people; you forgave all their sin. (Selah) | 2You pardoned the wrongdoing of your people; you forgave all their sin. (Selah) |
3You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger. | 3You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger. |
4Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us! | 4Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us! |
5Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations? | 5Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations? |
6Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you! | 6Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you! |
7O LORD, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance! | 7O LORD, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance! |
8I will listen to what God the LORD says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways. | 8I will listen to what God the LORD says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways. |
9Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land. | 9Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land. |
10Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. | 10Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. |
11Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. | 11Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. |
12Yes, the LORD will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops. | 12Yes, the LORD will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops. |
13Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him. | 13Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him. |
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