Psalm 85

¹⁸This is what the Lord says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

⁷Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

²⁵Therefore this is what the Lord God says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

⁷“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

¹⁸Then the Lord became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

¹“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,

¹⁸Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

¹Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

¹³When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

²⁰In those days and at that time, declares the Lord, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

¹⁹Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

³⁹Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

²³So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

¹⁷Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the Lord will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

¹In that day you will say: “O Lord, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

⁹Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

³⁸And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

⁷And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”

²¹Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

³Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

⁷Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

⁷But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

⁶And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

¹Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

⁵How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

⁴O Lord God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

⁹Do not be angry, O Lord, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!

¹⁰Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.

¹A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

¹⁸Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

²⁴They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

¹⁸Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

²O Lord, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O Lord, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

¹⁵For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

²After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

²⁰Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

¹⁶With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

²³He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”

¹²And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’

¹¹The Lord gives His people strength; the Lord blesses His people with peace.

¹⁹Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

²⁷Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

¹⁰And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

¹I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

¹⁹Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

¹³I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.

⁵For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory within it.’”

¹⁷If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

⁸For this is what the Lord of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

³²a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

⁴He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

⁵He will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from the God of his salvation.

³Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

¹⁷For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

¹⁶Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

¹⁷The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

⁵For the Lord is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.

³May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

⁶Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

⁸Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the Lord, have created it.

²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

⁵While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

²¹The Lord was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

¹⁷And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

¹⁷Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

⁶The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.

⁴I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

²³Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

²⁴The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

³⁰It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

³⁴A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

⁶Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

¹⁸Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

¹⁹For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

¹Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

⁸Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.