Jehovah, my God, on Thy Help I Depend

Je-ho-vah, my God, on Thy help I de-pend, From all that pur-sue me O save and de-fend; Lest they like a li-on should rend me at will, While no one is near me their rag-ing to still. When wronged with-out cause I have kind-ness re-turned; But if I my neigh-bor mal-treated and spurned, My soul let the en-e-my seize for his prey, My life and mine hon-or in dust let him lay. O Lord, in Thy wrath stay the range of my foes; A-wake, and Thy judg-ment or-dained in-ter-pose. Let peo-ples sur-round Thee and wait at Thy feet, While o'er them for judg-ment Thou tak-est Thy seat. All na-tions of men shall be judged by the Lord; To me, O Je-ho-vah, just judg-ment ac-cord, As faith-ful and right-eous in life I have been, And ever in-teg-ri-ty cher-ished with-in. Es-tab-lish the right-eous, let e-vil de-part, For God, who is just, tries the thoughts of the heart. In God for de-fense I have placed all my trust; The up-right He saves and He judg-es the just. The Lord with the wick-ed is wroth ev-ery day, And if thou re-pent not is ready to slay; By man-i-fold ru-in for oth-ers pre-pared They sure-ly at last shall them-selves be en-snared. Be-cause He is right-eous His praise I will sing, Thanks-giv-ing and hon-or to Him I will bring, Will sing to the Lord on whose grace I re-ly, Ex-tol-ling the Name of Je-ho-vah Most High.