Psalm 85

¹ O Lord, thou favour’d hast thy land:

Jacob’s captivity.

² Thou hast brought back: thou pardon’d hast

thy folk’s iniquity:

thou hast close cover’d all their sin.

³ Thy wrath away all cast

thou hast: from fierceness of thine ire

thyself return’d thou hast.

⁴ Convert us back, O thou, the God

of our salvation:

and toward us cause thou to cease

thine indignation.

⁵ Wilt thou be angry still with us

for evermore? what shall

thine anger be by thee drawn out

to generations all?

⁶ Wilt thou not us revive? in thee

thy folk rejoice shall so.

⁷ Show us thy mercy, Lord; on us

thy saving health bestow.

⁸ I’ll hear what God the Lord will speak:

for to his people peace

he’ll speak, and to his saints: lest they

return to foolishness.

⁹ Surely near them that do him fear

is his salvation:

that glory may within our land

have habitation.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth do jointly meet:

justice and peace do kiss.

¹¹ Truth springs from earth: and righteousness

from heaven looking is.