¹⁴ Shepherd your people with your staff,
        the sheep of your inheritance,
        those dwelling alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel.
    Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as a long time ago.

¹⁵ As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
        I will show Israel wonderful things.

¹⁸ Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity,
        overlooking the sin of the few remaining for his inheritance?
    He doesn’t hold on to his anger forever;
        he delights in faithful love.
¹⁹ He will once again have compassion on us;
        he will tread down our iniquities.
You will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea.
²⁰ You will provide faithfulness to Jacob, faithful love to Abraham,
        as you swore to our ancestors a long time ago.

85 Lord, you’ve been kind to your land;
    you’ve changed Jacob’s circumstances for the better.
² You’ve forgiven your people’s wrongdoing;
    you’ve covered all their sins. Selah
³ You’ve stopped being furious;
    you’ve turned away from your burning anger.
⁴ You, the God who can save us, restore us!
    Stop being angry with us!
⁵ Will you be mad at us forever?
    Will you prolong your anger from one generation to the next?
⁶ Won’t you bring us back to life again
    so that your people can rejoice in you?
⁷ Show us your faithful love, Lord!
    Give us your salvation!