I Have Followed Truth and Justice

Representative Text

1 I have followed truth and justice;
leave me not in deep distress;
be my help and my protection,
let the proud no more oppress.

2 For Thy word and Thy salvation,
Lord, my eyes with longing fail;
teach Thy statutes to Thy servant,
let Thy mercy now prevail.

3 I am Thine, O give me wisdom,
make me know Thy truth, I pray;
sinners have despised Thy statutes;
now, O LORD, Thy pow'r display.

4 Lord, I love Thy good commandments
and esteem them more than gold;
all Thy precepts are most righteous,
hating sin, to these I hold.

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119P

Text Information

First Line: I have followed truth and justice
Title: I Have Followed Truth and Justice
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D.
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ROBINSON (Hastings)


RESTORATION (Southern Harmony)

ARISE is an anonymous American folk melody. Set to "Mercy, O Thou Son of David," the tune was published in William Walker's (PHH 44) Southern Harmony (1835) with the title RESTORATION. Its name was changed to ARISE (after the refrain in the ballad about the prodigal son) when it was set to Hart's te…

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119P

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