Lord, Hear the Right

Lord

hear the right

re­gard my cry

My pray­er from lips sin­cere

Send Thine ap­prov­al from on high

My right­eous­ness make clear.

Thou in the night my heart hast tried

Nor found it turned from Thee aside.

With stead­fast cour­age I de­sign

No wrong to speak or do;

Thy path of life I choose for mine

And walk with pur­pose true.

For help

O God

I cry to Thee

Assured that Thou wilt an­swer me.

O Thou that ev­er sav­est those

Whose trust on Thee is stayed

Preserving them from all their foes

By Thine al­migh­ty aid

Let me Thy lov­ing­kind­ness see

Thy won­drous mer­cy

full and free.

O guard me well as one would guard

The ap­ple of the eye;

While dead­ly foes are press­ing hard

To Thee

to Thee I cry;

Do Thou my rest and re­fuge be

O let Thy wings o’er­sha­dow me.

Mine ene­my

grown strong in pride

Would take my life away

A li­on lurk­ing by my side

Most greedy for his prey.

Confront and cast him down

O Lord

From ev­il save me by Thy sword.

Defend me from the men of pride

Whose por­tion is be­low

Who

with life’s trea­sures sa­tis­fied

No bet­ter por­tion know;

They

with earth’s joys and wealth con­tent

Must leave them all when life is spent.

When I in right­eous­ness at last

Thy glo­ri­ous face shall see

When all the wea­ry night is past

And I awake with Thee

To view the glo­ries that abide

Then

then I shall be sa­tis­fied.