Mercy and Judgment are My Song

{
Mercy and Judgment are My Song

OLD HUNDRED-Louis Bourgeois

Mercy and Judgment are My Song
}
Mercy and judgment are my song;
And, since they both to thee belong,
My gracious God! my righteous King!
To thee my songs and vows I bring.

I will not set mine eyes to wrong,
Reproach shall not to me belong;
The faithful in my sight shall be;
The true shall dwell in peace with me.

Let wisdom all my actions guide,
And let my God with me reside:
No wicked thing shall dwell with me,
Which may provoke thy jealousy.

Deceivers will I turn away,
Nor in my house shall liars stay;
The wicked will I thus reward,
And clear the city of the Lord.

O Lord! to thee my praise I bring,
Of mercy and of judgment sing;
In wisdom will I walk at home.
When wilt thou to my dwelling come?