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Hymn · Psalm 15

Tests of Christian Character

AUSTRIAN HYMN · 8.7.8.7.D · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music Franz Joseph Haydn

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Tests of Christian Character he vil shall Does asks to be Thy No cess e house ex no a a Thy gain; friend; guest? to slan Lord, ly that O with In the ders 3. Free 2. He 1. Who, lend broth bid ing, er, ing, Thee need not y his a es ly praise to hill not He He In sires fus ho de re Thy at of shall rest? men. tend. re the his es to in proach feet no And To Who, frien oth turn ding, er ing, cent of Zi be an on nev good right more fear out er who with the the shall He But Does a the be moved: Lord; fear, er win walks not e and He ing ed ev men this, that Do Wick spurn fa right ly, ing, vor, up his vil by him and Thee sad love the it with man bring truth ap re sin ward. proved. cere. he he man vow speaks, Thee will speaks with When the his he This From ing, ver, ly, This Tho' But so not not light journ wa The Psalter, 1912 AUSTRIAN HYMN 8.7.8.7.D Franz Joseph Haydn, 1797

1.Who, O Lord, with Thee abiding,
In Thy house shall be Thy guest?
Who, his feet to Zion turning,
In Thy holy hill shall rest?
He that ever walks uprightly,
Does the right without a fear,
When he speaks, he speaks not lightly,
But with truth and love sincere.

2.He that slanders not his brother,
Does no evil to a friend;
To reproaches of another
He refuses to attend.
Wicked men win not his favor,
But the good who fear the Lord;
From his vow he will not waver,
Tho' it bring him sad reward.

3.Freely to the needy lending,
No excess he asks again;
And the innocent befriending,
He desires not praise of men.
Doing this, and evil spurning,
He shall nevermore be moved:
This the man with Thee sojourning,
This the man by Thee approved.

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