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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 85 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/85.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_3">and held back your furious rage.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.4" class="v19_85_4">4</span>Bring us back, O God our savior,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_4">and stop being displeased with us!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.5" class="v19_85_5">5</span>Will you be angry with us forever?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_5">Will your anger never cease?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.6" class="v19_85_6">6</span>Make us strong again,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_6">and we, your people, will praise you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.7" class="v19_85_7">7</span>Show us your constant love, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_7">and give us your saving help.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.8" class="v19_85_8">8</span>I am listening to what the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God is saying;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_8">he promises peace to us, his own people,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_8">if we do not go back to our foolish ways.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.9" class="v19_85_9">9</span>Surely he is ready to save those who honor him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_9">and his saving presence will remain in our land.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.10" class="v19_85_10">10</span>Love and faithfulness will meet;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_10">righteousness and peace will embrace.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.11" class="v19_85_11">11</span>Human loyalty will reach up from the earth,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_11">and God's righteousness will look down from heaven.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.12" class="v19_85_12">12</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> will make us prosperous,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_12">and our land will produce rich harvests.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_85_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.85.13" class="v19_85_13">13</span>Righteousness will go before the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_85_13">and prepare the path for him.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by the clan of Korah.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s 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