Psalm 85

1 Thy Land to favour graciously
   Thou hast not Lord been slack,
Thou hast from hard Captivity
   Returned Jacob back.

2 Th’ iniquity thou didst forgive
   That wrought thy people woe,
And all their Sin, that did thee grieve
   Hast hid where none shall know.

3 Thine anger all thou hadst remov’d,
   And calmly didst return 
From thy † fierce wrath which we had prov’d
   Far worse then fire to burn.

4 God of our saving health and peace,
   Turn us, and us restore,
Thine indignation cause to cease 
   Toward us, and chide no more.

5 Wilt thou be angry without end,
   For ever angry thus?
Wilt thou thy frowning ire extend
   From age to age on us?

6 Wilt thou not turn, and hear our voice
   And us again revive,
That so thy people may rejoyce
   By thee preserv’d alive.

7 Cause us to see thy goodness Lord, 
   To us thy mercy show
Thy saving health to us afford
   And life in us renew.

8 And now what God the Lord will speak
   I will go straight and hear,
For to his people he speaks peace
   And to his Saints full dear,
To his dear Saints he will speak peace,
   But let them never more
Return to folly, but surcease
   To trespass as before.

9 Surely to such as do him fear
   Salvation is at hand
And glory shall ere long appear
   To dwell within our Land. 

10 Mercy and Truth that long were miss’d
   Now joyfully are met;
Sweet Peace and Righteousness have kiss’d
   And hand in hand are set.

11 Truth from the earth like to a flowr 
   Shall bud and blossom then,
And Justice from her heavenly bowr
   Look down on mortal men.

12 The Lord will also then bestow
   Whatever thing is good; 
Our Land shall forth in plenty throw
   Her fruits to be our food.

13 Before him Righteousness shall go
   His Royal Harbinger,
Then will he come, and not be slow,
   His footsteps cannot err.