New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)

For the director. Of the sons of Koʹrah. A melody.

¹ You have taken pleasure, O Jehovah, in your land; You have brought back^*1 the ones taken captive of Jacob.

² You have pardoned the error of your people; You have covered all their sin. Seʹlah.

³ You have controlled^*1 all your fury; You have turned back from the heat of your anger.

⁴ Gather us back,^*1 O God of our salvation, And break off your vexation with us.

⁵ Is it to time indefinite that you will be incensed at us? Will you draw out your anger to generation after generation?

⁶ Will you yourself not enliven us again, That your people themselves may rejoice in you?

⁷ Show us, O Jehovah, your loving-kindness,^*1 And your salvation may you give to us.

⁸ I will hear what the [true] God Jehovah will speak, For he will speak peace to his people and to his loyal ones, But let them not return to self-confidence.

⁹ Surely his salvation is near to those fearing him, For glory to reside in our land.

¹⁰ As for loving-kindness and trueness,^*1 they have met each other; Righteousness and peace—they have kissed each other.

¹¹ Trueness itself will sprout out of the very earth, And righteousness itself will look down from the very heavens.

¹² Also, Jehovah, for his part, will give what is good, And our own land will give its yield.

¹³ Before him righteousness itself will walk, And it will make a way by his steppings.

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