Of Mercy and of Justice

Of mer­cy and of jus­tice

My thank­ful song shall be;

O Lord

in joy­ful prais­es

My song shall rise to Thee.

Within my house I pur­pose

To walk in wis­dom’s way;

O Lord

I need Thy pre­sence;

How long wilt Thou de­lay?

On what is base and ev­il

I will not set my heart;

Transgressor’s ways ab­hor­ring

With them I take no part.

No fro­ward man or ev­il

Shall my com­panion be;

I will not suf­fer slan­der

Or pride or trea­che­ry.

The faith­ful and the up­right

Shall mi­nis­ter to me;

The ly­ing and de­ceit­ful

My fa­vor shall not see.

I will in dai­ly judg­ment

All wick­ed­ness re­ward

And cleanse from ev­il­do­ers

The ci­ty of the Lord.