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Prayer for God's Mercy upon the Nation.

¹ O LORD, You have at last shown ^(C1)favor to Your land of Canaan;
You have ^(C2)restored from Babylon the captives of Jacob (Israel).

² You have ^(C1)forgiven the wickedness of Your people;
You have ^(C2)covered all their sin. Selah.

³ You have ^(C1)withdrawn all Your wrath,
You have ^(C2)turned away from Your burning anger.

^4 (C1)Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And ^(C2)cause Your indignation toward us to cease.

⁵ Will ^(C1)You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

⁶ Will You not ^(C1)revive us and bring us to life again,
That Your people may ^(C2)rejoice in You?

⁷ Show us Your lovingkindness, O LORD,
And ^(C1)grant us Your salvation.

⁸ I will hear with expectant hope what God the LORD will say,
For He will ^(C1)speak peace to His people, to His ^(F1)godly ones—
But let them not ^(C2)turn again to folly.

⁹ Surely ^(C1)His salvation is near to those who reverently fear Him and obey Him with submissive wonder,
That ^(C2)glory the manifest presence of God may dwell in our land.

^10 (C1)Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together;
^(C2)Righteousness and peace kiss each other.

¹¹ Truth ^(C1)springs from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.

¹² Indeed, ^(C1)the LORD will give what is good,
And our ^(C2)land will yield its produce.

^13 (C1)Righteousness will go before Him
And will make His footsteps into a way in which to walk.