Scripture Verse

You forgave the iniquity of Your people and covered all their sins. You set aside all Your wrath and turned from your fierce anger. Psalm 85:2–3

Introduction

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Sigismund R. von Neukomm
(1778–1858)

Words: Is­aac Watts, The Psalms of Da­vid 1719. Wait­ing for an an­swer to pray­er; or, de­liv­er­ance be­gun and com­plet­ed.

Music: Ames (von Neu­komm) Sig­is­mund R. von Neu­komm, 1837 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Lyrics

Lord, Thou hast called Thy grace to mind,
Thou hast re­versed our hea­vy doom;
So God for­gave when Is­ra­el sinned,
And brought His wan­der­ing cap­tives home.

Thou hast be­gun to set us free,
And made Thy fierc­est wrath abate;
Now let our hearts be turned to Thee,
And Thy sal­va­tion be com­plete.

Revive our dy­ing grac­es, Lord,
And let Thy saints in Thee re­joice;
Make known Thy truth, ful­fill Thy word;
We wait for praise to tune our voice.

We wait to hear what God will say;
He’ll speak, and give His peo­ple peace;
But let them run no more as­tray,
Lest His re­turn­ing wrath in­crease.