Hymn · Psalm 15
The Godly Man
ST. MICHAEL · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music William Crotch
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.
Try these words on another tune
- SELLINGE — John Pyke Hullah
- AYLESBURY — Chetham's Psalmody, 1718
- BOYLSTON — Lowell Mason
- SOUTHWELL — Daman's Psalter, 1579
- ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams
Other words for this tune
- Stand Up and Bless the Lord — James Montgomery
- A Charge to Keep I Have — Charles Wesley
- A Mourner's Entreaties — The Psalter, 1912
- Blest Be The Tie That Binds — John Fawcett
- Breathe on Me, Breath of God — Edwin Hatch
- Exultent Confidence — The Psalter, 1912
- 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
- The Advent of Our God — Charles Coffin
- The Church the Bride of Christ — The Psalter, 1912
- The Folly of Unbelief — 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
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: DENNIS, FESTAL SONG, SCHUMANN, ST. BRIDE, TRENTHAM.
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