Religion

Psalm 85:8: To save my helpless soul from sin

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

To save my helpless soul from sin,
And my backslidings heal,
Set up Thy kingdom, Lord, within,
Thy grace in me reveal.
That all-victorious righteousness.
That fullest joy impart.
And O, inspire Thy perfect peace,
Thyself into my heart.

A few good days I long to live,
A witness of Thy power:
My past iniquities forgive.
That I may sin no more;
May never more to folly turn.
Or weak or faithless prove.
Of Thine almighty Spirit born.
And quite absorb'd in love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm 85:8: To save my helpless soul from sin.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3238/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm 85:8: To save my helpless soul from sin.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3238/.

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