Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

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

Verse 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.