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LORD, You have been favorable to Your land;
You have a brought back the captivity of Jacob.
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You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah
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You have taken away all Your wrath;
You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
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b Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
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c Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
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Will You not d revive us again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?
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Show us Your mercy, LORD,
And grant us Your salvation.
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I will hear what God the LORD will speak,
For He will speak peace
To His people and to His saints;
But let them not turn back to 1 folly.
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Surely e His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
f That glory may dwell in our land.
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Mercy and truth have met together;
g Righteousness and peace have kissed.
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Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
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h Yes, the LORD will give what is good;
And our land will yield its increase.
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Righteousness will go before Him,
And shall make His footsteps our pathway.