Hear This, All Ye People, Hear

Verse 1

Hear this, all ye people, hear, earth’s inhabitants give ear; all of high and low degree, rich and poor, give heed to me.

Verse 2

Truth with all my heart I seek, and my mouth shall wisdom speak; hearken while in lyric strain I make hidden wisdom plain.

Verse 3

Why should I to fear give way when I see the evil day, when with wickedness my foes shall surround me and oppose?

Verse 4

They that trust in treasured gold, tho' they boast of wealth untold, none can bid his brother live, none to God a ransom give.

Verse 5

O'er them soon shall rule the just, all their beauty turn to dust; God my waiting soul shall save, He will raise me from the grave.