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<h2>GOD LOVETH THE RIGHTEOUS</h2>
<p align="center"><h3>&#8220;I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.&#8221; Psalm 73:2-3</h3></p>
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<td align="center" width="200"><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_s_a_sankey_id.jpg" alt="Ira David Sankey (1840-1908)" width="133.333333333333" height="191.333333333333"><br>
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<p><em>Words:</em> Author unknown.</p>
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<p>God loveth the righteous, His goodness is sure.<br>
He never forsaketh the good and the pure.<br>
Yet once my faith faltered, I envied the proud,<br>
In doubt and disquiet my spirit was bowed.</p>
<p>The wicked are prosperous and firm in their strength,<br>
No pangs do they suffer, though death come at length.<br>
They are not in trouble as other men are,<br>
The plagues of their fellows they view from afar.</p>
<p>In garments of boasting and violence decked,<br>
With wealth more abundant than heart could expect,<br>
They scoff, and the helpless they proudly oppress.<br>
The heavens and the earth they assume to possess.</p>
<p>Despising God&#8217;s people, they cause them to drain<br>
The cup of oppression, injustice and pain.<br>
They question God&#8217;s knowledge and boldly defy<br>
The might and the justice of God the Most High.</p>
<p>The wicked, grown wealthy, have comfort and peace,<br>
While I, daily chastened, see troubles increase,<br>
And, wronging God&#8217;s children, I cried in my pain,<br>
That clean hands are worthless and pure hearts are vain.</p>
<p>I went to God&#8217;s temple: my doubts were dispelled.<br>
The end of life&#8217;s journey I clearly beheld.<br>
I saw in what peril ungodly men stand,<br>
With sudden destruction and ruin at hand.</p>
<p>As when one waking forgetteth his dream,<br>
So God will despise them, though great they may seem.<br>
My envy was senseless; my grief was for naught.<br>
Because I was faithless, and foolish my thought.</p>
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