"O God, From Heaven Look Down and See"
	Ps. 12.  Martin Luther, 1524.
	Text from: EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN HYMN-BOOK
	(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1912), pp. 282-283.
	
	
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	O GOD, from heaven look down and see
	A sight which well may move Thee:
	Of godly men how few there be,
	Forsaken we who love Thee!
	Withheld is Thy pure Word, the light
	Of faith itself extinguished quite
	In all the sons of Adam.
	
	2.  Fictions they teach with cunning art,
	and lies of mans invention;
	Not grounded on God's Word, their heart
	Breeds Naught but strange dissension;
	One chooses this, another that,
	Untold division they create
	Though saint-like in appearance.
	
	3.  May God rood out all heresy,
	And of false teachers rid us,
	Who proudly say:  "Now where is he
	That shall our speech forbid us!
	We have the right and might alone,
	And what we say must stand, we own
	None as our Lord and master."
	
	4.  Therefore saith God, "I must arise,
	The poor suffer wrong-doing;
	To me ascend my people's sighs,
	And I have heard their suing:
	My saving Word shall take the field,
	Shall be the poor man's strength and shield,
	Shall conquer all opposers."
	
	5.  As silver seven times furnace-tried;
	Is pure from all its drosses,
	So doth the Word of God abide
	The brighter for its crosses;
	For trial shows its worth aright,
	And manifests its strength, and light
	That through all lands it shineth.
	
	6.  O God, preserve it pure and free
	From this vile generation,
	And let us be preserved by Thee
	From their abomination;
	The wicked walk on every side,
	When `mid Thy flock the vile abide
	In power and are exalted.
	
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