You Showed Favor to Your Land

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹ You showed favor to Your land, O LORD;

You restored Jacob from captivity.

² You forgave the iniquity of Your people;

You covered all their sin.

Selah

³ You withheld all Your fury;

You turned from Your burning anger.

⁴ Restore us,^* O God of our salvation,

and put away^* Your displeasure toward us.

⁵ Will You be angry with us forever?

Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

⁶ Will You not revive us again,

that Your people may rejoice in You?

⁷ Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD,

and grant us Your salvation.

⁸ I will listen to what God the LORD will say;

for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints;

He will not let them return to folly.

⁹ Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,

that His glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together;

righteousness^* and peace have kissed.

¹¹ Faithfulness sprouts from the earth,

and righteousness^* looks down^* from heaven.

¹² The LORD will indeed provide what is good,

and our land will yield its increase.

¹³ Righteousness^* will go before Him

to prepare the way for His steps.