Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways, And try my reins, and try my heart; My faith upon Thy promise stays, Nor from Thy law my feet depart. I hate to walk, I hate to sit, With men of vanity and lies; The scoffer and the hypocrite Are the abhorrence of mine eyes. Amongst the saints will I appear With hands well washed in innocence; But when I stand before Thy bar, The blood of Christ is my defense. I love Thy habitation, Lord, The temple where Thine honors dwell; There shall I hear Thine holy Word, And there Thy works of wonder tell. Let not my soul be joined at last With men of treachery and blood, Since I my days on earth have passed Among the saints, and near my God. |