You help make Hymnary.org possible.

In 2025, more than 10 million people from 200+ countries found hymns, liturgical resources, and encouragement here. If Hymnary has meant something to you this year, would you take a moment to help sustain it? A gift of any size — and a note of encouragement, if you'd like to share one — directly supports the server costs, research, and curation that keep this resource freely available to the world.

Give securely online today, or mail a check to:
Hymnary.org (c/o Calvin University)
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Thank you for being part of this important online ministry resource.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again
Text:God of My Mercy and My Praise
Author:Isaac Watts

109b. God of My Mercy and My Praise

1 God of my mercy and my praise,
Thy glory is my song,
Though 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 compassed Him around.

3 Their miseries His compassion move,
Their peace He still pursued;
They render hatred for His love,
And evil for His good.

4 Their malice raged without a cause,
Yet, with His dying breath,
He prayed for murderers on His cross,
And blessed His foes in death.

5 LORD, shall Thy bright example shine
In vain before my eyes?
Give me a soul akin to Thine,
To love my enemies.

6 The LORD shall on my side engage,
And, in my Savior's Name,
I shall defeat their pride and rage
Who slander and condemn.

Text Information
First Line: God of my mercy and my praise
Title: God of My Mercy and My Praise
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.6.8.6 CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2022
Scripture:
Source: The Psalms of David, 1718
Tune Information
(No tune information)



Media
More media are available on the text authority page.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.