Scripture Verse

Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. Psalm 26:1–2

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 70.

Music: Eli­za­beth Er­nest R. Kroe­ger, 1901 (🔊 pdf nwc).

portrait
Ernest Kroeger (1862–1934)

Lyrics

Judge mine in­te­gri­ty,
The right­eous Judge Thou art;
Prove me, O Lord, ex­am­ine me,
And try my in­most heart.

Thy mer­cy and Thy grace
I love to con­tem­plate;
Thy paths of truth my foot­steps trace,
And wick­ed men I hate.

Clean hands, O Lord, I raise
As I Thy al­tars seek,
Where I may sing in grate­ful praise,
And of Thy won­ders speak.

O Lord, Thy house I love,
Where glo­ry dwells with­in;
O keep my heart se­cure above
All fel­low­ship with sin.

Redeeming love and grace
Bestow, O Lord, on me;
Among Thy saints how blest my place
Forever prais­ing Thee.