O Jehovah, Hear My Words (Vander Werp)

O Je­ho­vah

hear my words

To my thoughts at­ten­tive be;

Hear my cry

my king

my God

I will make my pray­er to Thee.

With the morn­ing light

O Lord

Thou shalt hear my voice arise

And ex­pect­ant I shall bring

Prayer as morn­ing sac­ri­fice.

Thou

Je­ho­vah

art a God

Who de­light­est not in sin;

Evil shall not dwell with Thee

Nor the proud Thy fa­vor win.

Evil do­ers Thou dost hate

Lying tongues Thou wilt de­feat

God ab­hors the man who loves

Violence and base de­ceit.

In the full­ness of Thy grace

To Thy house I will re­pair;

Bowing toward Thy ho­ly place

In Thy fear to wor­ship there.

Lead me in Thy right­eous­ness

Let my foes as­sail in vain;

Lest my feet be turned aside

Make Thy way be­fore me plain.

False and faith­less are my foes

In their mouth no truth is found;

Deadly are the words they speak

All their thoughts with sin abound.

Bring

O God

their plans to naught

Hold them guil­ty in Thy sight

For against Thee and Thy law

They have set them­selves to fight.

O let all that trust Thy care

Ever glad and joy­ful be;

Let them joy who love Thy name

Safely guard­ed

Lord

by Thee.

For a bless­ing from Thy store

To the right­eous Thou wilt yield;

Thou wilt com­pass him about

With Thy fav­or as a shield.