<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=412806" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Psalm 101</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The magistrate's Psalm.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mercy and judgment are my song;<br>And since they both to thee belong,<br>My gracious God, my righteous King,<br>To thee my songs and vows I bring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I am raised to bear the sword,<br>I'll take my counsels from thy word;<br>Thy justice and thy heav'nly grace<br>Shall be the pattern of my ways.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let wisdom all my actions guide,<br>And let my God with me reside;<br>No wicked thing shall dwell with me<br>Which may provoke thy jealousy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No sons of slander, rage, and strife<br>Shall be companions of my life;<br>The haughty look, the heart of pride,<br>Within my doors shall ne'er abide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[I'll search the land, and raise the just<br>To posts of honor, wealth, and trust;<br>The men that work thy holy will<br>Shall be my friends and fav'rites still.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In vain shall sinners hope to rise<br>By flatt'ring or malicious lies;<br>And while the innocent I guard,<br>The bold offender sha'n't be spared.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The impious crew, that factious band,<br>Shall hide their heads or quit the land;<br>And all that break the public rest,<br>Where I have power, shall be suppressed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Isaac+Watts">Isaac Watts</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=412806" data-title="Psalm 101 de Isaac Watts" data-description="The magistrate's Psalm. Mercy and judgment are my song; And since they both to thee belong, My gracious God, my righteous King, To thee my songs and vows I bring. If I am raised to bear the sword, I'll take my counsels from thy word; Thy justice..."></div> </div> </div>

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