Chiasm

Psalm 85:1–7

Psalm 85:1–73 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 1 LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
- B 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
  - C 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
    - D 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
  - C' 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
- B' 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
A' 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.