Judge Me, O Lord, and Prove My Ways from Psalm 26 Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

THY WORKS OF WONDER (L.M.) Mitch Cervinka* 2000 Score

Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways,
   And try my reins, and try my heart;
My faith up-on Thy prom-ise stays,
   Nor from Thy law my feet de-part.

I hate to walk, I hate to sit
   With men of van-i-ty and lies;
The scof-fer and the hyp-o-crite
   Are the ab-hor-rence of mine eyes.

A-mongst Thy saints will I ap-pear,
   With hands well-washed in in-no-cence;
But when I stand be-fore Thy bar,
   The blood of Christ is my de-fense.

I love Thy hab-i-ta-tion, Lord,
   The tem-ple where Thine hon-ors dwell;
There shall I hear Thine ho-ly Word,
   And there Thy works of won-der tell.

My soul shall not be joined at last
   With men of trea-cher-y and blood,
While I my days on earth have past
   A-mong the saints, and near my God.

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*Music: Composed 2000 by Mitch Cervinka.
Donated to the Public Domain for the unrestricted use of Christ's church.