Hymn 24

Turn Thou From Evil

Verse 1

Turn thou from evil, do what is good;

seek peace, pursue it earnestly.

Upon the just are the eyes of God; His ears are open

unto their cry.

But the Eternal’s face is against them that are evil,

doers of wrong;

He cuts remembrance off from them,

cuts their remembrance from the earth.

Verse 2

When righteous men cry, God always hears, for He

delivereth them from fears.

Near unto them of a broken heart, contrite of spirit, God saveth them.

Many afflictions that we do have, troubles there be of

righteous men;

But the Eternal delivereth out from afflictions

the righteous man.

Last Verse

Turn thou from evil, do what is good;

seek peace, pursue it earnestly.

God keeps the bones of the righteous man;

not one of them shall broken be.

Tho’ evil slay all unrighteous men;

who hates the pure shall desolate be;

But God redeemeth the soul that’s His; none shall be desolate trusting Him.