Je-ho-vah, my God, on Thy help I de-pend,
From all that pur-sue me O save and de-fend;
Lest they like a li-on should rend me at will,
While no one is near me their rag-ing to still.
When wronged with-out cause I have kind-ness re-turned;
But if I my neigh-bor mal-treat-ed and spurned,
My soul let the en-e-my seize for his prey,
My life and mine hon-or in dust let him lay.
O Lord, in Thy wrath stay the range of my foes;
A-wake, and Thy judg-ment or-dained in-ter-pose.
Let peo-ples sur-round Thee and wait at Thy feet,
While o'er them for judg-ment Thou tak-est Thy seat.
All na-tions of men shall be judged by the Lord;
To me, O Je-ho-vah, just judg-ment ac-cord,
As faith-ful and right-eous in life I have been,
And ev-er in-teg-ri-ty cher-ished with-in.
Es-tab-lish the right-eous, let e-vil de-part,
For God, who is just, tries the thoughts of the heart.
In God for de-fense I have placed all my trust;
The up-right He saves and He judg-es the just.
The Lord with the wick-ed is wroth ev-ery day,
And if thou re-pent not is read-y to slay;
By man-i-fold ru-in for oth-ers pre-pared
They sure-ly at last shall them-selves be en-snared.
Be-cause He is right-eous His praise I will sing,
Thanks-giv-ing and hon-or to Him I will bring,
Will sing to the Lord on whose grace I re-ly,
Ex-tol-ling the Name of Je-ho-vah Most High.