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Hymn 211

When Thou, My Righteous Judge

SALEM’S BRIGHT KING, 8.8.8.6.D.

When Thou, my righteous Judge shall come
To fetch Thy ransomed people home,
To fetch Thy ransomed people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at Thy right hand?

I love to meet among them now,
Before Thy gracious feet to bow,
Before Thy gracious feet to bow,
Tho' vilest of them all;
But can I bear the piercing tho't:
What if my name should be left out,
What if my name should be left out,
When Thou for them shall call?

Prevent, prevent it by Thy grace;
Be Thou, dear Lord, my hiding place,
Be Thou, dear Lord, my hiding place,
In this accepted day;
Thy pard'ning voice, O let me hear
To still my unbelieving fear,
To still my unbelieving fear,
And grant me faith, I pray.

Let me among Thy saints be found
Whene'er th' archangel's trump shall sound.
Whene'er th' archangel's trump shall sound,
To see Thy smiling face;
Then loud among the crowd I'll sing
While heav'n's resounding mansions ring,
While heav'n's resounding mansions ring
With shouts of sov'reign grace.

First Line
When Thou, My righteous Judge shall come
Lyrics
Selina “Shirley” Hastings Countess of Huntington, 1707-1778 (1772)
First Appeared
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