Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
PSALM LXXXV.
1 THou hast been favourable,
O Lord, unto thy land;
And Israel's sad Captivity
Thou brought'st back by thy hand.
2 Thy people thou forgav'st
The guilt that they were in;
And by thy free and plenteous grac•
Didst cover all their sin.
3 Thy wrath thou took'st away,
And didst to mercy turn;
Page 142Even from thine anger terrible,
That did against us burn.
4 O God, our Saviour,
Turn us unto thy peace,
And cause thine anger that's gone forth
Against us, for to cease.
5 Shall thy displeasure last
Against us without end?
And to all generations
Wilt thou thy wrath extend?
6 Wilt thou not us restore,
And quicken us, that we
Who are thy people, evermore
In thee may joyful be?
7 Shew us thy mercy, Lord,
Which may thy flock relieve;
And thy salvation unto us
In season freely give.
8 I'le hear what God to us
Will speak; It will be peace
To all his Saints; But let not them
Return to foolishness.
9 Surely to all those who
In fear of God do stand,
His help is nigh, that Glory may
Dwell always in our land.
10 Mercy and truth shall meet,
And no more parted be;
And Peace with Righteousness shall greet,
And blessedly agree.
11 Truth here, even on this earth,
Shall spring and prosper well;
And righteousness from heav'n descend,
And here among us dwell.
12 The Lord shall give what's good,
Our land shall yield increase;
13 Justice, to set us in his way,
Shall go before his face.
