To the Director: A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.

Restore Us, God

1LORD you have favored your land

and restored the fortunes of Jacob.

2You took away the iniquity of your people,

forgiving all their sins

Interlude

3You withdrew all your wrath

and turned away from your burning anger.

4Restore us, God of our salvation,

and stop being angry with us.

5Will you be angry with us forever?

Will you prolong your anger from generation to generation?

6Will you restore our lives again

so that your people may rejoice in you?

7LORD, show your gracious love

and deliver us.

8Let me listen to what God, the LORD, says;

for the LORD will promise peace

to his people, to his holy ones;

may they not return to foolishness.

9Surely, he will soon deliver those who fear him,

for his glory will live in our land.

10Gracious love and truth meet;

righteousness and peace kiss.

11Truth sprouts up from the ground,

while righteousness looks down from the sky.

12The LORD will also provide what is good,

and our land will yield its produce.

13Righteousness will go before him

to prepare a path for his steps.