Tune: Louvan
(\'Lord of all being, throned afar\')
Hosea 14 v.1-7 parts
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O Israel, return to the Lord
You have fallen by sins, true word
But say, Lord, forgive us this day
And restore us back to your way
So we will praise you and not turn
To foreign nation, but shall learn
Of you, and from idolatry
We turn, and find in you mercy
The Lord says, I will hear, and heal
Their backsliding, with them will deal
With love freely, for my anger
I turned from them, and shall not stir
I will be as dew to Israel
They shall grow as the lily well
Shall send forth roots as cedar trees
Of Lebanon, as they me please
They that dwell under His shadow
Shall return and revival know
Be as the corn, grow as the vine
Aroma as the fine fresh wine