Religion
Psalm: Infinite in compassion
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Infinite in compassion,
Consider my complaint.
While under condemnation.
And perishing for want:
I pour a mournful prayer
For mercy, mercy sigh,
In depth of sad despair,
Just at the point to die.
Cause of my own undoing.
From Thee through sin I fell,
Rush'd on to endless ruin.
Debased myself to hell.
Yet, ere the pit devour,
For help I feebly call.
Brought down by Satan's power
Low as a soul can fall.
My most long-suffering Saviour,
Extend Thy arms of grace.
And manifest Thy favour
A prostrate wretch to raise.
My desperate soul's physician
If Thou vouchsafe to be.
From bottomless perdition
Redeem'd, I live for Thee.
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Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: Infinite in compassion.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3296/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: Infinite in compassion.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3296/.
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