Religion

Genesis 42:21: How often, Lord, hath trouble brought

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)

Religion

How often, Lord, hath trouble brought
My long-forgotten sins to mind!
And by this fresh affliction taught,
I tremble at the woes behind:
But while I guilty, guilty plead,
O do not from Thy presence cast,
Nor leave me at my greatest need,
To perish in my sins at last.

Ah! rid me of this fear and doubt,
Doubt that I shall not persevere,
Fear that my sin will find me out,
And plague with all Thy judgments here.
Jesus, whom I to death have sold;
My guilty burden to remove.
Tell me. Thou hast redeem'd of old,
And save me by Thy dying love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 42:21: How often, Lord, hath trouble brought.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2461/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 42:21: How often, Lord, hath trouble brought.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2461/.

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