1For the Conductor, a psalm by the sons of Korach.
2O Lord, You favored Your land; You returned the captives of Jacob.
3You forgave the iniquity of Your people, and covered all their sin forever.
4You withdrew all Your fury, and retreated from Your fierce anger.
5Return us, O God of our salvation, and annul Your anger toward us.
6Will You forever be angry with us? Will You draw out Your anger over all generations?
7Is it not true that You will revive us again, and Your people will rejoice in You?
8Show us Your kindness, O Lord, and grant us Your deliverance.
9I hear what the Almighty Lord will say; for He speaks peace to His nation and to His pious ones, and they will not return to folly.
10Indeed, His deliverance is near those who fear Him, that [His] glory may dwell in the land.
11Kindness and truth have met; righteousness and peace have kissed.
12Truth will sprout from the earth, and righteousness will peer from heaven.
13The Lord, too, will bestow goodness, and our land will yield its produce.
14Righteousness shall walk before him, and he shall set his footsteps in [its] path.