Do Ye, O Men, Speak Righteousness?

Do ye

O men

speak right­eous­ness

And up­right judg­ment mete?

Nay

in your hearts is wick­ed­ness

And in your hands de­ceit

And in your hands de­ceit.

The wick­ed

from their ear­li­est days

In sin are gone as­tray

With fro­ward heart

in fool­ish pride

From wis­dom turned away

From wis­dom turned away.

The God of ven­geance will de­stroy

The wick­ed from His sight;

The Lord will bring to naught their pow­er

And scat­ter all their might

And scat­ter all their might.

The good shall tri­umph and re­joice

And this shall be con­fessed:

On earth the God of jus­tice reigns

And right­eous­ness is blest

And right­eous­ness is blest.