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1 Lord, you have been kind to your land; you brought back the people of Jacob.
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Lord, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
2 You forgave the guilt of the people and covered all their sins. Selah
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You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah
3 You stopped all your anger; you turned back from your strong anger.
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You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger.
4 God our Savior, bring us back again. Stop being angry with us.
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Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us!
5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you stay angry from now on?
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Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
6 Won't you give us life again? Your people would rejoice in you.
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Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
7 Lord, show us your love, and save us.
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Show us your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.
8 I will listen to God the Lord. He has ordered peace for those who worship him. Don't let them go back to foolishness.
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Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.
9 God will soon save those who respect him, and his glory will be seen in our land.
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Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Love and truth belong to God's people; goodness and peace will be theirs.
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Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 On earth people will be loyal to God, and God's goodness will shine down from heaven.
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Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.
12 The Lord will give his goodness, and the land will give its crops.
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Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
13 Goodness will go before God and prepare the way for him. A prayer of David.
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Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.