Religion

Psalm 22, Part 3

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Versions and Paraphrases of Select Psalms · Osborn ed., vol. 8 (1870)

Religion

Thy name I therefore will reveal.
Thy goodness to my brethren tell;

To all the' assembled crowd
Declare the precious gospel-grace!
Who fear the Lord exalt His praise.
And love the pardoning God!

1 5 Their God let Israel glorify,
Who gave His Son for all to die,
Who raised Him up again;
He hath not scorn'd the mourner's care,
But seen his grief and heard his prayer,
And heal'd him of his pain.

1 6 Thy glory, Lord, I will display.
My vows before the people pay.

My thanks and praises give;
The poor shall sing and feast like me;
And they who fear Him now shall see
The face of God,' and live.

1 7 Your heart shall find a heaven below,
Eternal life in Jesus know;

The world shall feel His power:
They all shall to their Saviour turn,
And tribes and nations yet unborn
Their bleeding Lord adore.
1 8 Supreme by His eternal birth,
Prince of the potentates on earth,
The Lord His sway maintains;
Glory and power are His alone;
High on His everlasting throne
The King Messiah reigns.

The great shall to His sway submit;
Monarchs shall taste His heavenly meat,
And at His footstool fall:
Him every knee shall bow l)cfore,
And every soul of man adore
The God that died for all.

A seed shall first their Lord confess,
Elect through perfect holiness,
His own peculiar seed:
His will shall all by them be done,
Redeem'd and saved by grace alone,
And saints, — and free indeed.

2 1 The spotless church on earth shall rise.
Declare to all the ransom-price
For every soul laid down;
And every soul shall then believe;
To Christ their whole salvation give,
And live to God alone.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm 22, Part 3.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2083/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm 22, Part 3.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2083/.

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