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Text · Psalm 101

I Mercy Will and Judgment Sing

I mercy will and judgment sing

from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 · 8.6.8.6

1.I mercy will and judgment sing,
Lord, I will sing to thee.
With wisdom in a perfect way
shall my behaviour be.

2.O when, in kindness unto me,
wilt thou be pleased to come?
I with a perfect heart will walk
within my house at home.

3.I will endure no wicked thing
before mine eyes to be:
I hate their work that turn aside,
it shall not cleave to me.

4.A stubborn and a froward heart
depart quite from me shall;
A person giv'n to wickedness
I will not know at all.

5.I'll cut him off that slandereth
his neighbour privily:
The haughty heart I will not bear,
nor him that looketh high.

6.Upon the faithful of the land
mine eyes shall be, that they
May dwell with me: he shall me serve
that walks in perfect way.

7.Who of deceit a worker is
in my house shall not dwell;
And in my presence shall he not
remain that lies doth tell.

8.Yea, all the wicked of the land
early destroy will I;
All from God's city to cut off
that work iniquity.

Sung to

Same meter but needs editorial underlay: BALLERMA, CLEANSING FOUNTAIN, CRIMOND, GLASGOW, GRÄFENBERG, MANOAH, MARTYRDOM, MCKEE, ORTONVILLE, ST. MAGNUS, ST. STEPHEN, STRACATHRO.

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