[1] LORD, you have been merciful to your land; you have made Israel prosperous again. [2] You have forgiven your people's sins and pardoned all their wrongs. [3] You stopped being angry with them and held back your furious rage. [4] Bring us back, O God our savior, and stop being displeased with us! [5] Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger never cease? [6] Make us strong again, and we, your people, will praise you. [7] Show us your constant love, O LORD, and give us your saving help. [8] I am listening to what the LORD God is saying; he promises peace to us, his own people, if we do not go back to our foolish ways. [9] Surely he is ready to save those who honor him, and his saving presence will remain in our land. [10] Love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will embrace. [11] Human loyalty will reach up from the earth, and God's righteousness will look down from heaven. [12] The LORD will make us prosperous, and our land will produce rich harvests. [13] Righteousness will go before the LORD and prepare the path for him.
