1 God of my mercy and my praise, Thy glory is my song; The sinners speak against thy grace With a blaspheming tongue.
2 When in the form of mortal man Thy Son on earth was found, With cruel slanders, false and vain, They compass'd him around.
3 Their miseries his compassion move, Their peace he still pursu'd; They render hatred for his love, And evil for his good.
4 Their malice rag'd without a cause, Yet, with his dying breath, He pray'd for murderers on his cross, And blest his foes in death.
5 Lord, shall thy bright example shine In vain before my eyes? Give me a soul a-kin to thine To love mine enemies.
6 The Lord shall on my side engage, And, in my Saviour's name, I shall defeat their pride and rage Who slander and condemn.