Merging Mercy

“Show us Thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us Thy salvation.  I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for He will speak peace unto His people… Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him that glory may dwell in our land.  Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other” (Psalm 85:7-10).  “By mercy and truth iniquity is purged” (Proverbs 16:6).  “For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). 

We’ve heard our Savior’s invitation

To rich and poor, to old and youth,
To celebrate His great salvation
That merges mercy with His truth. 

Now hear as God the Lord will speak

Of righteousness that kisses peace;
This is the union we must seek,
For God’s own justice cannot cease. 

The mercy God can now afford

Cannot deny His righteousness,  
Yet through the cross of Christ our Lord,
He bore our curse that He might bless. 

Behold His truth with mercy merged! 

Behold His law now satisfied!
Behold iniquity thus purged!
It was for this our Savior died! 

The law which God engraved in stone

Could only charge our souls with sin.
Salvation came through Christ alone;
His cross has ushered mercy in.

We thank You, Lord, for what You did

To bless us without compromise!
Your grace and truth have not been hid
From souls Your mercy justifies. 

Receive our praise, Lord Jesus Christ,

For merging mercy on Your cross
When thereby Your were sacrificed
To save us from eternal loss!

We fix our eyes on You above

And on the harvest fields as well,
That we may speak, Lord, of Your love
With mercy merged that saves from hell.