Thou Judge by Whom Each Empire Fell

Thou judge by whom each em­pire fell

When pride of pow­er o’er­came it

Convict us now

if we re­bel

Our na­tion judge

and shame it.

In each sharp cri­sis

Lord

ap­pear

Forgive

and show our du­ty clear:

To serve Thee by re­pent­ance.

Search

Lord

our spir­its in Thy sight

In best and worst re­veal us;

Shed on our souls a blaze of light

And judge

that Thou may’st heal us.

The pre­sent be our judg­ment day

When all our lack Thou dost sur­vey:

Show us our­selves and save us.

Lo

fear­ing naught we come to Thee

Though by our fault con­found­ed;

Though self­ish

mean

and base we be

Thy jus­tice is un­bound­ed:

So large

it naught but love re­quires

And judg­ing

par­dons

frees

in­spires.

Deliver us from ev­il!