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Text:Wickedness and Retribution
Tune:SWANWICK
Composer:James Lucas

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:
Topic: Anger of God: Righteous; Character: Vicious; God: the judge (14 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SWANWICK
Composer: James Lucas
Meter: C. M.
Key: A♭ Major



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