Psalm 85

A Prayer for Peace

"Our Lord, you have blessed
    your land
    and made all go well
    for Jacob’s descendants.
You have forgiven the sin
    and taken away the guilt
    of your people.
Your fierce anger is no longer
    aimed at us.

Our Lord and our God,
    you save us!
    Please bring us back home
    and don’t be angry.
Will you always be angry
    with us and our families?
Won’t you give us fresh life
    and let your people be glad
    because of you?
Show us your love
    and save us!

I will listen to you, Lord God,
    because you promise peace
to those
    who are faithful
    and no longer foolish.
You are ready to rescue
    everyone who worships you,
    so that you will live with us
    in all of your glory.

Love and loyalty
    will come together;
    goodness and peace
    will unite.
Loyalty will sprout
    from the ground;
    justice will look down
    from the sky above.

Our Lord, you will bless us;
    our land will produce
    wonderful crops.
Justice will march in front,
    making a path
    for you to follow."

Psalm 85 (CEV)
A psalm by the people of Korah for the music leader


All throughout the Book of Psalms, we read the psalm writers pour out their hearts to the Lord, quite often in the middle of their trials and times of need and desperation.

They write poems, set them to music and sing them up to the Lord who hears their cries.

In the middle of their distress, they have the Almighty in their minds and they offer up a song of hope and peace. They lift up the name of the Lord, they keep the joy of the Lord, and they proclaim that all will go well and that all is well in their soul.

May all these be done in God's Holy Name.

Shalom.

Peace be with you all.