God, you smiled on your good earth!
You brought good
times back to Jacob!
You lifted the cloud of guilt from your people,
you put their sins
far out of sight.
You took back your sin-provoked threats,
you cooled your
hot, righteous anger.
Help us again, God of our help;
don’t hold a
grudge against us forever.
You aren’t going to keep this up, are you?
scowling and
angry, year after year?
Why not help us make a fresh start—a resurrection life?
Then your people
will laugh and sing!
Show us how much you love us, God!
Give us the
salvation we need!
I can’t wait to hear what he’ll say.
God’s about to
pronounce his people well,
The holy people he loves so much,
so they’ll never
again live like fools.
See how close his salvation is to those who fear him?
Our country is
home base for Glory!
Love and Truth meet in the street,
Right Living and
Whole Living embrace and kiss!
Truth sprouts green from the ground,
Right Living pours
down from the skies!
Oh yes! God gives Goodness and Beauty;
our land responds
with Bounty and Blessing.
Right Living strides out before him,
and clears a path
for his passage. Psalm 85 The Message
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