God of My Mercy and My Praise

God of my mer­cy and my praise

Thy glo­ry is my song;

Tho’ sin­ners speak against Thy grace

With a blas­phem­ing tongue.

When in the form of mor­tal man

Thy Son on earth was found

With cru­el slan­ders

false and vain

They com­passed Him around.

Their mi­se­ries His com­pass­ion move

Their peace He still pur­sued;

They ren­der hat­red for His love

And ev­il for His good.

Their ma­lice raged with­out a cause

Yet with His dy­ing breath

He prayed for mur­der­ers on His cross

And blest His foes in death.

Lord

shall Thy bright ex­am­ple shine

In vain be­fore my eyes?

Give me a soul akin to Thine

To love my ene­mies.

The Lord shall on my side en­gage

And in my Sav­ior’s name

I shall de­feat their pride and rage

Who slan­der and con­demn.