Psalm 85 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

A Prayer for Peace

(A psalm by the clan of Korah for the music leader.)

¹ Our Lord, you have blessed your land and made all go well for Jacob's descendants.

² You have forgiven the sin and taken away the guilt of your people.

³ Your fierce anger is no longer aimed at us.

⁴ Our Lord and our God, you save us! Please bring us back home and don't be angry.

⁵ Will you always be angry with us and our families?

⁶ Won't you give us fresh life and let your people be glad because of you?

⁷ Show us your love and save us!

⁸ I will listen to you, Lord God, because you promise peace to those who are faithful and no longer foolish.

⁹ You are ready to rescue everyone who worships you, so that you will live with us in all your glory.

¹⁰ Love and loyalty will come together; goodness and peace will unite.

¹¹ Loyalty will sprout from the ground; justice will look down from the sky above.

¹² Our Lord, you will bless us; our land will produce wonderful crops.

¹³ Justice will march in front, making a path for you to follow.