Psalm 85-88

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Revive Us Again

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of ^(A)the Sons of Korah.

85 Lord, you were ^(B)favorable to your land;
    you ^(C)restored the fortunes of Jacob.
²You ^(D)forgave the iniquity of your people;
    you ^(E)covered all their sin. Selah
³You withdrew all your wrath;
    you ^(F)turned from your hot anger.

⁴^(G)Restore us again, O God of our salvation,
    and put away your indignation toward us!
⁵^(H)Will you be angry with us forever?
    Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
⁶Will you not ^(I)revive us again,
    that your people may ^(J)rejoice in you?
⁷Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.

⁸^(K)Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will ^(L)speak peace to his people, to his ^(M)saints;
    but let them not ^(N)turn back to ^(O)folly.
⁹Surely his ^(P)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that ^(Q)glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰^(R)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    ^(S)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
¹¹Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.
¹²Yes, ^(T)the Lord will give what is good,
    and our land ^(U)will yield its increase.
¹³^(V)Righteousness will go before him
    and make his footsteps a way.

Great Is Your Steadfast Love

^(W)A Prayer of David.

86 ^(X)Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
    for I am ^(Y)poor and needy.
²Preserve my life, for I am ^(Z)godly;
    save your servant, who ^(AA)trusts in you—you are my God.
³^(AB)Be gracious to me, O Lord,
    for to you do I cry all the day.
⁴Gladden the soul of your servant,
    for ^(AC)to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
⁵For you, O Lord, are good and ^(AD)forgiving,
    ^(AE)abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
⁶^(AF)Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
    listen to my plea for grace.
⁷In ^(AG)the day of my trouble I call upon you,
    ^(AH)for you answer me.

⁸There is ^(AI)none like you among the gods, O Lord,
    ^(AJ)nor are there any works like yours.
⁹^(AK)All the nations you have made shall come
    and worship before you, O Lord,
    and shall glorify your name.
¹⁰For ^(AL)you are great and ^(AM)do wondrous things;
    ^(AN)you alone are God.
¹¹^(AO)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    that I may ^(AP)walk in your truth;
    ^(AQ)unite my heart to fear your name.
¹²I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
    and I will glorify your name forever.
¹³^(AR)For great is your steadfast love toward me;
    you have ^(AS)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

¹⁴O God, insolent men have ^(AT)risen up against me;
    a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
    and they do not set you before them.
¹⁵But you, O Lord, are a God ^(AU)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
¹⁶^(AV)Turn to me and be gracious to me;
    give your strength to ^(AW)your servant,
    and save ^(AX)the son of your maidservant.
¹⁷^(AY)Show me a sign of your ^(AZ)favor,
    that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
    because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

A Psalm of ^(BA)the Sons of Korah. A Song.

87 On ^(BB)the holy mount ^(BC)stands the city he founded;
²    the Lord ^(BD)loves the gates of Zion
    more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
³^(BE)Glorious things of you are spoken,
    O ^(BF)city of God. Selah

⁴Among those who ^(BG)know me I mention ^(BH)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^(BI)Cush^[a]—
    “This one was born there,” they say.
⁵And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will ^(BJ)establish her.
⁶The Lord records as he ^(BK)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah

⁷^(BL)Singers and ^(BM)dancers alike say,
“All my ^(BN)springs are in you.”

I Cry Out Day and Night Before You

A Song. A Psalm of ^(BO)the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to ^(BP)Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil^[b] of ^(BQ)Heman the Ezrahite.

88 O Lord, ^(BR)God of my salvation,
I ^(BS)cry out day and night before you.
²Let my prayer come before you;
^(BT)incline your ear to my cry!

³For my soul is full of troubles,
    and ^(BU)my life draws near to ^(BV)Sheol.
⁴I am counted among those who ^(BW)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(BX)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(BY)cut off from your hand.
⁶You have put me in ^(BZ)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(CA)regions dark and ^(CB)deep.
⁷Your wrath ^(CC)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(CD)all your waves. Selah

⁸You have caused ^(CE)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me ^(CF)a horror^[c] to them.
I am ^(CG)shut in so that I cannot escape;
⁹    ^(CH)my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I ^(CI)spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(CJ)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹²Are your ^(CK)wonders known in ^(CL)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(CM)forgetfulness?

¹³But I, O Lord, cry ^(CN)to you;
    ^(CO)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴O Lord, why ^(CP)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(CQ)do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[d]
¹⁶Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(CR)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷They ^(CS)surround me like a flood ^(CT)all day long;
    they ^(CU)close in on me together.
¹⁸You have caused ^(CV)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[e]