Religion

Psalm: He gave them their own desire

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Lord, I confess Thy judgments just,
If left to my own heart's desires;
I follow every brutal lust,
And do whate'er the flesh rcijuires.
And led by Satan at his will,
The measure of my sin fulfil.

But for Thy endless mercy's sake,
Appear my Advocate with God;
The brand out of the burning take,
The brand extinguish with Thy blood,
Fountain of purity Divine,
And swallow up my will in Thine.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: He gave them their own desire.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3234/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: He gave them their own desire.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3234/.

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