85 (F2). PRAYER FOR THE LAND OF THE SANCTUARY. (Introversion and Alternation.)
| F2 | H | 1-3 | Mercies to the land. | |||
| 1. Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. | ||||||
| 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. | ||||||
| 3. Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. | ||||||
| J | g | 4 | Prayer. | |||
| 4. Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. | ||||||
| h | 5,6 | Questions. | ||||
| 5. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? | ||||||
| 6. Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? | ||||||
| J | g | 7 | Prayer. | |||
| 7. Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. | ||||||
| h | 8 | Answer. | ||||
| 8. I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. |