Psal. LXXXV.

Thy Land to favour graciously     Thou hast not Lord been slack,     Thou hast from hard Captivity     Returned Jacob back.     Th' iniquity thou didst forgive     That wrought thy people woe,     And all their Sin, that did thee grieve     Hast hid where none shall know.     Thine anger all thou hadst remov'd,     And calmly didst return     From thy *1fierce wrath which we had prov'd     Far worse then fire to burn.     God of our saving health and peace,     Turn us, and us restore,     Thine indignation cause to cease     Toward us, and chide no more.     Wilt thou be angry without end,     For ever angry thus     Wilt thou thy frowning ire extend     From age to age on us?     Wilt thou not *2 turn, and hear our voice     And us again *2 revive ,     That so thy people may rejoyce     By thee preserv'd alive.     Cause us to see thy goodness Lord,     To us thy mercy shew     Thy saving health to us afford     And lift in us renew.     And now what God the Lord will speak     I will go strait 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.     Surely to such as do him fear     Salvation is at hand     And glory shall ere long appear     To dwell within our Land.     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.     Truth from the earth like to a flowr     Shall bud and blossom then,     And Justice from her heavenly bowr     Look down on mortal men.     The Lord will also then bestow     Whatever thing is good     Our Land shall forth in plenty throw     Her fruits to be our food.     Before him Righteousness shall go     His Royal Harbinger,     Then *3 will he come, and not be slow     His footsteps cannot err.