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Prayer that the Lord Will Restore Favor to the Land

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm ⚓of the sons of Korah.
  1Lord, You have been favorable to Your land;
   You have ⚓brought back the captivity of Jacob.
    2You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;
   You have covered all their sin.
 Selah
    3You have taken away all Your wrath;
   You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
   4⚓Restore us, O God of our salvation,
   And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
    5⚓Will You be angry with us forever?
   Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
    6Will You not ⚓revive us again,
   That Your people may rejoice in You?
    7Show us Your mercy, Lord,
   And grant us Your salvation.
   8I will hear what God the Lord will speak,
   For He will speak peace
   To His people and to His saints;
   But let them not turn back to folly.
    9Surely ⚓His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
   ⚓That glory may dwell in our land.
   10Mercy and truth have met together;
   ⚓Righteousness and peace have kissed.
    11Truth shall spring out of the earth,
   And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
    12⚓Yes, the Lord will give what is good;
   And our land will yield its increase.
    13Righteousness will go before Him,
   And shall make His footsteps our pathway.

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可拉後裔的詩。交給聖詠團長。

為國求福

  1耶和華啊，你已經向你的地施恩，
   救回被擄的雅各。
   2你赦免了你百姓的罪孽，
   遮蓋了他們一切的過犯。（細拉）
   3你收回所發的憤怒，
   撤銷你猛烈的怒氣。

   4拯救我們的上帝啊，求你使我們回轉，
   使你向我們所發的憤怒止息。
   5你要向我們發怒到永遠嗎？
   要將你的怒氣延留到萬代嗎？
   6你不再將我們救活，
   使你的百姓因你歡喜嗎？
   7耶和華啊，求你使我們得見你的慈愛，
   又將你的救恩賜給我們。

   8我要聽上帝－耶和華所說的話，
   因為他必應許賜平安給他的百姓，就是他的聖民；
   他們卻不可再轉向愚昧⚓。
   9他的救恩誠然與敬畏他的人相近，
   使榮耀住在我們的地上。

   10慈愛和誠實彼此相遇，
   公義與和平彼此相親。
   11誠實從地而生，
   公義從天而現。
   12耶和華必賜福氣給我們；
   我們的地也要出土產。
   13公義要行在他面前，
   使他的腳蹤有可走之路。