The Psalter ‎#13

13. Confidence in Divine Justice

1 Jehovah, my God, on Thy help I depend;
From all that pursue me O save and defend;
Lest they like a lion should rend me at will,
while no one is near me their raging to still.

2 When wronged without cause I have kindness returned;
But if I my neighbor maltreated and spurned,
My soul let the enemy seize for his prey,
My life and my honor in dust let him lay.

3 O Lord, in Thy wrath stay the rage of my foes;
Awake, and Thy judgment ordained interpose.
Let peoples surround Thee and wait at Thy feet,
While o'er them for judgment Thou takest Thy seat.

4 All nations of men shall be judged by the Lord;
To me, O Jehovah, just judgment accord,
As faithful and righteous in life I have been,
And ever integrity cherished within.

5 Establish the righteous, let evil depart,
For God Who is just tries the tho'ts of the heart.
In God for defense I have placed all my trust;
The upright He saves and He judges the just.

6 The Lord with the wicked is wroth every day,
And if they repent not is ready to slay;
By manifold ruin for others prepared
They surely at last shall themselves be ensnared.

7 Because He is righteous His praise I will sing,
Thanksgiving and honor to Him I will bring,
Will sing to the Lord on Whose grace I rely,
Extolling the Name of Jehovah Most High.

Text Information

• First Line: Jehovah, my God, on Thy help I depend
• Title: Confidence in Divine Justice
• Meter: 11s
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 7
• Topic: Afflictions: Watchfulness in; Anger of God: Invoked; Assurance: Declared; Assurance: Desired; Christian Charity; Christians: Conflicts of; Christians: Conscious of Safety; Christians: Persecuted and Sorrowing; Faith: Confidence of; God: the judge; Judgment Day; Judgments: On the Wicked; Prayer: Imprecations in; Retribution: Threatened; Royalty of Christ: Judgment the Prerogative of; Safety: Assured; The Wicked: Character of; The Wicked: Fate of; The Wicked: Self-Destroyed

Tune Information

• Name: PAULINA
• Composer: Donizetti (alt.)
• Meter: 11s
• Key: A♭ Major