The Psalter ‎#156b

156b. Wickedness and Retribution

1 Do ye, O men, speak righteousness
And upright judgment mete?
Nay, in your hearts is wickedness,
And in you hands deceit.

2 The wicked, from their earliest days,
in sin are gone astray,
With froward heart, in foolish pride,
From wisdom turned away.

3 The God of vengeance will destroy
The wicked from His sight;
The Lord will bring to nought their pow'r,
And scatter all their might.

4 The good shall triumph and rejoice,
And this shall be confessed;
On earth the God of justice reigns,
And righteousness is blessed.

Text Information

• First Line: Do ye, O men, speak righteousness
• Title: Wickedness and Retribution
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 58
• Topic: Anger of God: Righteous; Character: Vicious; God: the judge; Heart: Evil, Hard, and Stubborn; Man: Sinful and Lost Condition; Retribution: Threatened; The Righteous: Blessedness of; Royalty of Christ: Judgment the Prerogative of; Royalty of Christ: Providential; Rulers: Wicked; Sin: Indwelling; Sin: Original; Temperance Songs; Wandering from God; The Wicked: Character of; The Wicked: Fate of; Character: Depraved from Birth

Tune Information

• Name: SWANWICK
• Composer: James Lucas
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A♭ Major