Psalm 85

Benedixisti, Domine
1
You have been gracious to your land, O Lord, *
you have restored the good fortune of Jacob.
2
You have forgiven the iniquity of your people *
and blotted out all their sins.
3
You have withdrawn all your fury *
and turned yourself from your wrathful indignation.
4
Restore us then, O God our Savior; *
let your anger depart from us.
5
Will you be displeased with us for ever? *
will you prolong your anger from age to age?
6
Will you not give us life again, *
that your people may rejoice in you?
7
Show us your mercy, O Lord, *
and grant us your salvation.
8
I will listen to what the Lord God is saying, *
for he is speaking peace to his faithful people
and to those who turn their hearts to him.
9
Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him, *
that his glory may dwell in our land.
10
Mercy and truth have met together; *
righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11
Truth shall spring up from the earth, *
and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12
The Lord will indeed grant prosperity, *
and our land will yield its increase.
13
Righteousness shall go before him, *
and peace shall be a pathway for his feet.

Psalm 87

Fundamenta ejus
1
On the holy mountain stands the city he has founded; *
the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
2
Glorious things are spoken of you, *
O city of our God.
3
I count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me; *
behold Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia:
in Zion were they born.
4
Of Zion it shall be said, “Everyone was born in her, *
and the Most High himself shall sustain her.”
5
The Lord will record as he enrolls the peoples, *
“These also were born there.”
6
The singers and the dancers will say, *
“All my fresh springs are in you.”