Return us, [and thy grace divine]
Lord God of Hosts [voutsafe,]
Cause thou thy face on us to shine,
And then we shall be safe.
Psalm LXXXI.
1 To God our strength sing loud, [and clear,]
Sing loud to God [our King,]
To Jacobs God, [that all may bear]
Loud acclamations ring.
2 Prepare a Hymn, prepare a Song
The Timbrel hither bring
The [cheerfull] Psaltry bring along
And Harp [with] pleasant [string.]
3 Blow, as is wont, in the new Moon
With Trumpets [lofty sound,]
Th' appointed time, day wheron
Our solemn Feast [comes round.]
4 This was a Statute [giv'n of old]
For Israel [to observe]
A Law of Jacobs God, [to hold]
[From whence they might not swerve.]
5 This he a Testimony ordain'd
In Joseph, [not to change,]
When as he pass'd through Aegypt land;
The Tongue I heard, was strange.
6 From burden, [and from slavish toyle]
I set his shoulder free;
His hands from pots, [and mirie soyle]
Deliver'd were [by me.]
7 When trouble did thee sore assaile,
[On me then] didst thou call,
And I to free thee [did not faile,]
[And led thee out of thrall.
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