Hymn · Psalm 15

The Godly Man

AYLESBURY · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music Chetham's Psalmody, 1718

auto-underlaid These words and this tune share a meter but have no hand-edited setting; the underlay was fitted automatically (syllable-for-note, validated). The opening stress differs from the tune's — usually fine; trust your ear.

1.Lord, who shall come to Thee,
And stand before Thy face?
Who shall abide, a welcome guest,
Within Thy holy place?

2.The man of upright life,
Sincere in word and deed,
Who slanders neither friend nor foe,
Nor idle tales will heed.

3.Who honors godly men,
But scorns the false and file,
Who keeps his promised word to all,
Thought loss be his the while.

4.Who loves not usury,
Nor takes a base reward;
Unmoved forever he shall be,
And stand before the Lord.

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SELLINGE — John Pyke Hullah
BOYLSTON — Lowell Mason
SOUTHWELL — Daman's Psalter, 1579
ST. MICHAEL — William Crotch
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams

Other words for this tune

Breathe on Me, Breath of God — Edwin Hatch
Exultent Confidence — The Psalter, 1912
The Ascended King — The Psalter, 1912
The Folly of Unbelief — The Psalter, 1912
A Charge to Keep I Have — Charles Wesley
A Mourner's Entreaties — The Psalter, 1912
Blest Be The Tie That Binds — John Fawcett
Forgiveness and Deliverance — The Psalter, 1912
Forgiving Mercy Besought — The Psalter, 1912
Integrity of Character — The Psalter, 1912
Lord Jesus Think On Me — Synesius of Cyrene
Lord, Bless and Pity Us — Scottish Psalter, 1650
My Heart Inditing Is (Second Version) — Scottish Psalter, 1650
Not All the Blood of Beasts — Isaac Watts
Prayer for Defense and Guidance — The Psalter, 1912
Prayer for the Oppressed — The Psalter, 1912
Psalm 50:7-15 — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
Stand Up and Bless the Lord — James Montgomery
The Advent of Our God — Charles Coffin
The Church the Bride of Christ — The Psalter, 1912
The Friendship of the Lord — The Psalter, 1912
The Sins of Youth — The Psalter, 1912
We Give Thee But Thine Own — William Walsham How
We Know Thee Who Thou Art — William Bright

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