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Prayer for God's Mercy upon the Nation.

¹ LORD, You showed ^(C1)favor to Your land;
You ^(C2)restored the fortunes of Jacob.

² You ^(C1)forgave the guilt of Your people;
You ^(C2)covered all their sin. Selah

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

^4 (C1)Restore us, 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 ^(F1)all generations?

⁶ Will You not ^(F1)(C1)revive us again,
So that Your people may ^(C2)rejoice in You?

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

^8 (F1)I will hear what God the LORD will say;
For He will ^(C1)speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;
And may they not ^(C2)turn back to ^(F2)foolishness.

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

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

^11 (F1)Truth ^(C1)sprouts 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.