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Turn Us Back, O God

¹ O Yahweh, You showed ^(C1)favor to Your land;
You ^(F1)(C2)returned the fortunes of Jacob.

² You ^(C1)forgave the iniquity of Your people;
You ^(C2)covered all their sin. ^Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude">(F1)Selah.

³ You ^(C1)withdrew all Your fury;
You ^(C2)turned back from Your burning anger.

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

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

⁶ Will You not Yourself ^(C1)return to ^(F1)revive us,
That Your people may ^(C2)be glad in You?

⁷ Show us, O Yahweh, Your lovingkindness,
And ^(C1)give us Your salvation.

⁸ Let me hear what the God, Yahweh, will speak;
For He will ^(C1)speak peace to His people, ^(F1)to His holy ones;
But let them not ^(C2)turn back to ^(F2)folly.

⁹ Surely ^(C1)His salvation is near to those who ^(F1)fear Him,
That ^(C2)glory may dwell in our land.

^10 (C1)Lovingkindness and ^(F1)truth have met together;
^(C2)Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

^11 (F1)Truth ^(C1)springs up from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.

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

^13 (C1)Righteousness will go before Him
And will establish the way of His steps.