Not Exempt

Do I think that from judgment I’m exempt,
A special case who will hear “never mind”
And be excused when I will not attempt
A virtuous life, the purpose of mankind?

Do I think from chastisement I’ll escape
For sin that violates virtues’ trodden path,
Exception be to every person’s fate
Who eats the fruit forbidden in our past?

And yet I’m given hope that is not false
By Him who died and rose, who’s at my side,
That what is wicked in me can be lost
And He will come in my heart to abide.

O Jesus, Mercy, please forget me not:
Forever with You I will cast my lot.