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[a]I will listen for God’s response;
    surely the Lord will proclaim peace to his people, his saints,[b]
    to those who turn to him with their whole heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 85:9 God answers the prayer through a reassuring word of a priest or Levite.
  2. Psalm 85:9 Saints: see notes on Pss 4:4; 16:3; 34:10. To those . . . heart: other translations possible are: “and to those who turn from folly” and “but let them not return to folly” (the Hebrew word for “folly” includes the connotation of moral deficiency).

Surely his salvation(A) is near those who fear him,
    that his glory(B) may dwell in our land.

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Surely his (A)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that (B)glory may dwell in our land.

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