O Lord, Thou Judge

O Lord

Thou judge of all the earth

To whom all ven­geance doth be­long

Arise and show Thy glo­ry forth

Requite the proud

con­demn the wrong.

How long

O Lord

in boast­ful pride

Shall wick­ed men tri­umph­ant stand?

How long shall they aff­lict thy saints

And scorn Thy wrath

Thy dread­ful hand?

The wi­dow and the fa­ther­less

They slay

and help­less strang­ers smite;

The faith­ful God they do not fear

They say the Lord will not re­quite.

Be wise

ye fools and brut­ish men;

Shall not He see who formed the eye?

Shall not He hear who formed the ear

And judge

who reign­eth

God most high?

The Lord will judge in right­eous­ness

From Him all truth and know­ledge flow;

The fool­ish thoughts of wick­ed men

How vain they are the Lord doth know.

That man is blest whom Thou

O Lord

With chas­ten­ing hand dost teach Thy will

For in the day when sin­ners fall

That man in peace abid­eth still.

The Lord will not cast off His own

Nor His in­her­it­ance for­sake;

Just judg­ment shall at length pre­vail

And up­right hearts shall cour­age take.

Who will arise for my de­fense

Against the wick­ed in the land?

Against ini­qui­ty and wrong

What main for me will val­iant stand?

Unless the Lord had been my help

My life had quick­ly passed away;

But when my foot had al­most slipped

O Lord

Thy mer­cy was my stay.

Amid the doubts that fill my mind

Thy com­forts

Lord

bring joy to me;

Can wick­ed­ness

though throned in might

Have fel­low­ship

O Lord

with Thee?

The wick­ed

in their might ar­rayed

Against the right­eous join their pow­er

But to the Lord I flee for help

He is my re­fuge and my tow­er.

Our God

the re­fuge of His saints

Will fight against ini­qui­ty;

Avenger of the in­no­cent

The Lord om­ni­po­tent will be.