Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) ‎#54

54. Self-Examination; or, Evidences of Grace

1 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.

2 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.

3 Amongst thy saints will I appear
Array'd in robes of innocence;
But when I stand before thy bar,
The blood of Christ is my defence.

4 I love thy habitation, Lord,
The temple where thine honours dwell;
There shall I hear thy holy word,
And there thy works of wonder tell.

5 Let not my soul be join'd at last
With men of treachery and blood,
Since I my days on earth have past
Among the saints, and near my God.

Text Information

• First Line: Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways
• Title: Self-Examination; or, Evidences of Grace
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1786
• Scripture:
  Psalm 26
• Topic: Examination; Grace: its Evidence, or Self-Examination; Self Examination, or Evidences of Grace; Sincerity; Support: and Counsel form God

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