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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/85-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Psalm 85</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/84.htm" title="Psalm 84">◄</a> Psalm 85 <a href="../psalms/86.htm" title="Psalm 86">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/85-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">You Showed Favor to Your Land<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>To the overseer: to the sons of Korah a chanting. O Jehovah, thou didst delight in thy land: thou didst turn back the captivity of Jacob.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Thou didst lift up the iniquity of thy people, thou didst cover all their sin. Silence.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Thou didst take away all thy wrath: thou didst turn back the burning of thine anger.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Turn us back, O God of our salvation, and annul thine anger with us.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Wilt thou be angry with us forever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to generation and generation?<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Wilt thou not turn back? wilt thou give us life? and thy people shall rejoice in thee.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Cause us, O Jehovah, to see thy mercy, and thou wilt give to us thy salvation.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will hear what God Jehovah shall speak: for he will speak peace to his people, and to his godly ones: and they shall not turn back to folly.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Surely his salvation is near to those fearing him, for glory to dwell in his land.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Mercy and truth met together; justice and peace kissed.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Truth will spring up from the earth, and justice looked forth from the heavens.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Also Jehovah will give good, and our land shall give her produce.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/85-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Justice shall go before him, and shall set to the way of his steps.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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