Religion

Psalm: Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

I Vow, resolve, and promise, Lord,
Through Thy sufficient grace,
To' eschew the thing by Thee abhorr'd.
And walk in all Thy ways.
Confiding in Thy blood applied,
Arm'd with Thy Spirit's power.
My bosom-sin I lay aside.
And never act it more.

A guilty, weak, and helpless worm,
I will on Thee depend.
My vow impossible perform,
And keep it to the end;
Repeat my promise every day,
And every day fulfil;
And walk, and run, and soar away
To meet Thee on the hill.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3233/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3233/.

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