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Psalms 85-1 For the Leader. A Psalm by the children of the one that the earth swallowed alive.
Isaiah 24-1 Look! The God of Israel is emptying the earth and turning it into waste. He is turning the the world upside down, and scattering its inhabitants everywhere.
Psalms 85-1(2) God of Israel, You have been charitable unto Your land, You have turned the captivity of Jacob around.
Isaiah 24-2 The same thing that happens to the people shall happen to the priest; the same thing that happens to the worker will happen to his employer; the same thing that happens to the housekeeper will happen to the homeowner; as it happens to the buyer, it will happen to the seller; as it happens to the lender, it will happen to the borrower; as it happens to the creditor, it will happen to the debtor.
Isaiah 24-3 The earth shall be utterly emptied. It shall be completely plundered; for the God of Israel has spoken this word.
Psalms 85-2(3) You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people, You have pardoned all their sin. Selah
Isaiah 24-4 The earth faints and fades away, the world fails and fades away, the powerful people of the earth now fail.
Psalms 85-3(4) You have withdrawn all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
Isaiah 24-5 The earth is utterly defiled by its inhabitants; because they have broken the laws of existence, violated the statute of life, broken the everlasting covenant with God.
Psalms 85-4(5) Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your indignation toward us to cease.
Isaiah 24-6 Because of this a curse devoured the earth, and it is its citizens who are found guilty; for this reason the citizens of the earth waste away, and the people who are left are few.
Psalms 85-5(6) Will You be angry with us forever? Will You show Your anger to all generations?
Isaiah 24-7 The new wine fails, the vine fades; all the merry-hearted moan.
Isaiah 24-8 The happiness of musical instruments stops, the sound of those that rejoice can no longer be heard; the joy of the orchestra is no more.
Isaiah 24-9 They do not celebrate with wine or with song; even those who drink hard liquor have no stomach for it.
Psalms 85-6(7) Will You not bring us to life again, that Your people may find joy in You?
Isaiah 24-10 Broken down is the city of wastefulness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.
Psalms 85-7(8) Show us mercy, O God of Israel, and grant us Your salvation.
Isaiah 24-11 There is a crying in the streets in the middle of all the wine; all joy is turned to darkness, the laughter of the land is blown away.
Isaiah 24-12 In the city is desolation; in the country is utter ruin.
Psalms 85-8(9) I will hear what God the God of Israel will say; for He will speak shalom unto His people, and to His separate ones; those who do not turn back to foolishness.
Isaiah 24-13 For this is how it shall be on the face of the earth, among the nations; they will be like a beaten olive-tree, like scattered gapes upon the ground when the harvest is done.
Psalms 85-9(10) Surely His salvation is near them who fear Him; that grace and glory may find their home in our land.
Isaiah 24-14 Those in the distance lift up their voice, they sing for the joy of the majesty of Israel’s God, they shout from across the sea:
Isaiah 24 -15 'Therefore glorify the name of the God of Israel in the deepfields of light, even the name of Israel’s God, the God of Israel in truth, in all continents from sea to sea.'
Isaiah 24-16a From the farthest reaches of the earth we have heard songs: 'Glory to the righteous.'
Psalms 85-10(11) Mercy and truth are meeting together; righteousness and peace are kissing each other.
Isaiah 24-16b But the words come out of my mouth: I am wasting away, I am wasting away, woe is me! The pretender acts treacherously; yes, the impostor deals very treacherously.
Isaiah 24-17 Terror, and the snare, even the trap, are upon you, all you inhabitants of the earth.
Isaiah 24-18 It will happen that anyone who flees from the noise of the terror shall fall into the snare; and anyone who escapes the snare shall be taken in the trap; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth are shaking;
Psalms 85-11(12) Truth springs out of the earth; and social justice has looked down from heaven.
Isaiah 24-19 The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembles and totters;
Isaiah 24-20 The earth reels to and fro like a drunk, and sways back and forth like a toppling building; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Psalms 85-12(13) Yes, the God of Israel will give that which is good; and our Land shall yield her produce.
Isaiah 24-21 Then, in that day, the God of Israel will punish the armies of the high heavens above, and the kings of the earth below upon the earth.
Isaiah 24-22 They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the examination cell, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be punished.
Psalms 85-13(14) Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall make a path for His footsteps.
Isaiah 24-23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun shall be ashamed; for the God of Israel with armies will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and displayed before His old ones shall be Glory.
