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Psalm 85

1 Becauſe God withdrewe not his rods from his Church after their returne from Babylon, firſt they put him in minde of their deliuerance, to the intent that he ſhulde not leaue the worke of his grace vnperfite. 5 Next thei complaine of their long affliction: 8 and thirdly they reioyce in hope of felicitie promiſed. 9 For their deliuerāce was a figure of Chriſts kingdome, vnder the which ſhulde be perfite felicitie.
¶ To him that excelleth. A Pſalme cōmitted to the ſonnes of Kórah.
1.LOrd, thou haſt bene fauourable vnto thy land: thou haſt broght againe the captiuitie of Iaakób.
2.Thou haſt forgiuen the iniquitie of thy people, and couered all their ſinnes. Sélah.
3.Thou haſt withdrawen all thine angre, & haſt turned backe from the fiercenes of thy wrath.
4.Turne vs, ô God of our ſaluacion, & releaſe thine angre towards vs.
5.Wilt thou be angrie with vs for euer? & wilt thou prolonge thy wrath from one generacion to another?
6.Wilt thou not turne againe and quicken vs, that thy people maie reioyce in thee?
7.Shewe vs thy mercie, ô Lord, and grante vs thy ſaluacion.
8.I wil hearke what the Lord God wil ſaie: for he wil ſpeake peace vnto his people, & to his Saints, that they turne not againe to folie.
9.Surely his ſaluacion is nere to them that feare him, that glorie maie dwell in our land.
10.Mercie and trueth ſhal mete: righteouſnes and peace ſhal kiſſe one another.
11.Trueth ſhal bud out of the earth, and righteouſnes ſhal loke downe frō heauen.
12.Yea, the Lord ſhal giue good things, and our land ſhal giue her increaſe.
13.Righteouſnes ſhal go before him, and ſhal ſet her ſteps in the waie.

Notes

1:a.
Thei confeſſe that Gods fre mercie was the cauſe of their deliuerance, becauſe he loued the land, which he had choſen.
2:*.
Pſal. 32. 1.
2:b.
Thou haſt buryed them, that thei ſhal not come into iudgement.
3:c.
Not onely in withdrawing thy rod, but in forgiuig our ſinnes, & in touching or hearts to confeſſe them.
5:d.
As in times paſt thei had felt Gods mercies ſo now being oppreſſed by the lōg continuance of euils, thei pray vnto God, that according to his nature he wolde be merciful vnto the.
7:e.
He confeſſeth that our ſaluacion commeth onely of Gods mercie
8:f.
He wil ſend all proſperitie to his Church, whē he hathe ſufficiently corrected thē alſo by his puniſhments the faithful ſhal learne to beware that thei returne not to like offences.
11:g.
Thogh for a time God thus exerciſe them with his rods, yet vnder the kingdome of Chriſt thei ſhoulde haue peace & ioye
13:h.
Iuſtice ſhal then floriſh & haue fre courſe & paſſage in euerie place.