Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.61 (1806) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Scripture: Psalm 26 First Line: Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways Lyrics:
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 thy saints will I appear
With frauds well washed in innocence;
But when I stand before thy bar,
The blood of Christ is my defence.
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.
Topics: Judgment day; Sincerity; Evidences of grace, or self-examination; Examination or evidences of grace; Grace its evidences, or self-examination; Self-examination or evidences of grace; Trial of our hearts Languages: English
Psalm 26