Hope in God’s Future Help

¹ For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm.¹ O Yahweh, you favored your land. You restored the fortunes² of Jacob.

1. The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
2. Or “captivity”

² You took away the guilt¹ of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah

1. Or “You forgave the iniquity”

³ You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your burning anger.

⁴ Restore us, O God of our salvation, and annul your vexation with us.

⁵ Will you be angry against us forever? Will you prolong your anger generation after generation?

⁶ Will you not again revive us, that your people might rejoice in you?

⁷ Show us, O Yahweh, your loyal love, and grant us your salvation.

⁸ I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, because he will speak peace to his people, even his faithful ones,¹ but let them not return to folly.

1. Hebrew “and to his faithful”

⁹ Surely his salvation is near for those who fear him, that glory may abide in our land.

¹⁰ Loyal love and faithfulness¹ will meet one another; righteousness and peace will kiss.

1. Or “truth”

¹¹ Faithfulness¹ will sprout from the ground, and righteousness will look down from heaven.

1. Or “Truth”

¹² Yes, Yahweh will give what is good, and our land will give its produce.

¹³ Righteousness will go before him, and it will make his steps a pathway.