Lord, Who Shall Come to Thee

Lord, who shall come to Thee,
And stand before Thy face?
Who shall abide, a welcome guest,
Within Thy holy place?

The man of upright life,
Sincere in word and deed,
Who slanders neither friend nor foe,
Nor idle tales will heed.

Who honors godly men,
But scorns the false and vile,
Who keeps his promised word to all,
Though loss be his the while.

Who loves not usury,
Nor takes a base reward;
Unmoved forever he shall be,
And stand before the Lord.

Author: Unknown

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 15. No specific author is credited in common hymnals or sources; it appears in 19th- and 20th-century collections (e.g., The Psalter, 1912) as an anonymous versification, sometimes paired with tunes like 'St. Michael' or 'St. Anne'. Alternate attributions are not commonly found.