Repentance And Restoration

Tune: Laudate Dominum

('O praise ye the Lord')

Joel 2 v.12-27 parts {Old Testament prophet}

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If people repent, the LORD will restore

Give them prosperity and health once more

Fear not, O you land, now be glad and rejoice

The LORD will again turn and make you His choice

 

He wil do great things, be you not afraid

You people, nor beasts, nor land, for now stayed

is plague of the locusts, devouring host

Which consumed all their path from coast to coast

 

But land shall again produce of its fare

From fig and vine trees you again shall share

Be glad then, you His children, in Him rejoice

Make fine praise, anthems, extol Him with one voice

 

For He shall provide, give to you the rain

To make the land yield, give plenty again

He will restore to you the years the locusts

Have eaten, destroyed in their scavenging lusts

 

You shall eat in plenty, be satisfied

Praise the LORD's name, His goodness not denied

You shall know HIm as the LORD your God, there be

No other, you shall serve Him unashamedly