Religion

Job 31:37: As a prince would I go near unto Him

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Hut as a beggar I
Not daring to draw nigh
Would at a distance stand.
Or sink beneath Thy hand,
Afraid Thy glorious eyes to m6et.
And cry for mercy at Thy feet.

I now Thy grace implore,
And in the dust adore;
O for my Saviour's sake,
Up from the dunghill take,
Number'd among Thy princes own,
And raise the beggar to Thy throne.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Job 31:37: As a prince would I go near unto Him.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3140/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Job 31:37: As a prince would I go near unto Him.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3140/.

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