A warm, lyrical sacred hymn with music by Kevin G. Pace and text by Mark R. Fotheringham.

YouTube video: Justice and Mercy

Text:

Justice and Mercy daily collide.

Each ever seeks to be satisfied.

Each is a law which God has decreed,

And through Christ ev'ry man is blessed in his need.  

Justice demands that each debt be paid,

Each sin be punished, each law obeyed.

Imperfect man may never be freed

Without Jesus, our Saviour, his cause to plead.  

Mercy applied will ne'er justice rob,

E'en as it calms the soul with a sob.

Through the atonement, justice is paid,

With the gift of repentance before us laid.  

Pray for forgiveness using these laws,

That we may overcome earthly flaws.

Forsaking evil, seeking the right,

We through justice and mercy find heaven's light.