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Prayer for God’s Mercy upon the Nation.For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. | ||||
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| 1 For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. O LORD, You showed favor to Your land; You restored the captivity of Jacob. | 1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. | 1 [For the choir director; a psalm by Korah's descendants.] You favored your land, O LORD. You restored the fortunes of Jacob. | 1 Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob. | 1 {To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob: | 2 You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah. | 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. | 2 You removed your people's guilt. You pardoned all their sins. [Selah] | 2 You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah. | 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. | 3 You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger. | 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. | 3 You laid aside all your fury. You turned away from your burning anger. | 3 You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger. | 3 Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger. | 4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your indignation toward us to cease. | 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. | 4 Restore us, O God, our savior. Put an end to your anger against us. | 4 Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease. | 4 Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease. | 5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? | 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? | 5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you ever let go of your anger in the generations to come? | 5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations? | 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 Will You not Yourself revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? | 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? | 6 Won't you restore our lives again so that your people may find joy in you? | 6 Won't you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? | 6 Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? | 7 Show us Your lovingkindness, O LORD, And grant us Your salvation. | 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. | 7 Show us your mercy, O LORD, by giving us your salvation. | 7 Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your salvation. | 7 Shew us thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us thy salvation. | 8 I will hear what God the LORD will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; But let them not turn back to folly. | 8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. | 8 I want to hear what God the LORD says, because he promises peace to his people, to his godly ones. But they must not go back to their stupidity. | 8 I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly. | 8 I will hear what �God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly. | 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land. | 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. | 9 Indeed, his salvation is near those who fear him, and [his] glory will remain in our land. | 9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. | 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. | 10 Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. | 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. | 10 Mercy and truth have met. Righteousness and peace have kissed. | 10 Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. | 10 Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other: | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 Truth springs from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven. | 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. | 11 Truth sprouts from the ground, and righteousness looks down from heaven. | 11 Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. | 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens. | 12 Indeed, the LORD will give what is good, And our land will yield its produce. | 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. | 12 The LORD will certainly give us what is good, and our land will produce crops. | 12 Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase. | 12 Jehovah also will give what is good, and our land shall yield its increase. | 13 Righteousness will go before Him And will make His footsteps into a way. | 13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. | 13 Righteousness will go ahead of him and make a path for his steps. | 13 Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. A Prayer by David. | 13 Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way. |
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