“Sung to the tune of ‘Do Not Destroy’” — Psalm 58

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Do not destroy
Do not tear down
Do not destroy
Do not tear down
You who rule
You who judge
Judge you justly
Rule you rightly

For the Lord knows the heart of a man,
knows his thoughts and sees his deeds
Who are you, O proud man?
Don’t you know that the writing, the writing’s on the wall
Do not destroy
Do not tear down
Do not destroy
Do not tear down

Chorus
For the Lord is a God of justice
Blessed are those who trust in him
For the Lord is a God of justice
Blessed are those who trust in him
Blessed are those who trust in him

Behold a voice
Behold a man
Behold the Lamb
Behold the Lion
He will come,
come again
To rule the right
And judge the wrong

A winnowing fork, he holds in his hand
to separate the wheat from the chaff
The poor he’ll save
The rich he’ll cower
Don’t know that the last, the last will be the first?
Do not destroy
Do not tear down
Do not destroy
Do not tear down

Closing chorus
Chant…

First performed at Rock on the Mount, 2010.

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