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Psalm 26 [Judge Me, O Lord, And Prove My Ways]

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Title:     Psalm 26 [Judge Me, O Lord, And Prove My Ways]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

Self-examination; or, Evidences of grace.


Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways,
And try my reins, and try my heart;
My faith upon thy promise stays,
Nor from thy law my feet depart.

I hate to walk, I hate to sit,
With men of vanity and lies;
The scoffer and the hypocrite
Are the abhorrence of mine eyes.

Amongst thy saints will I appear,
With hands well wash'd in innocence;
But when I stand before thy bar,
The blood of Christ is my defence.

I love thy habitation, Lord,
The temple where thine honours dwell;
There shall I hear thine holy word,
And there thy works of wonder tell.

Let not my soul be join'd at last
With men of treachery and blood,
Since I my days on earth have past
Among the saints, and near my God.


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Isaac Watts's poem: Psalm 26 [Judge Me, O Lord, And Prove My Ways]

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