Lord, if Thou the grace impart

Verse 1
Lord, if thou the grace impart,
Poor in spirit, meek in heart, (Ps. 131:1, Matt. 5:3, Matt. 5:5, Matt. 11:29)
I shall as my Master be
Rooted in humility. (Phil. 2:5-8)

Verse 2
From the time that thee I know,
Nothing shall I seek below, (Col. 3:2, Phil. 3:8)
Aim at nothing great or high, (Jer. 45:5)
Lowly both my heart and eye. (Ps. 131:1)

Verse 3
Simple, teachable, and mild, (Ps. 131:2)
Aw’d into a little child, (Matt. 18:3-4, Mark 10:15)
Quiet now without my food, (Ps. 131:2)
Wean’d from ev’ry creature-good.

Verse 4
Hangs my new-born soul on thee, (Ps. 131:2)
Kept from all idolatry, (I Cor. 10:14, I Jn. 5:21)
Nothing wants beneath, above, (Ps. 23:1)
Happy, happy in thy love.

Verse 5
O that all might seek and find, (Jer. 29:13, Matt. 7:7)
Every good in Jesus join’d, (Eph. 1:3)
Him let Israel still adore, (Ps. 131:3)
Trust him, praise him evermore! (Ps. 115:9-11)

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "Psalm CXXXI." Introduced in John and Charles Wesley. Collection of Psalms and Hymns, 2nd edition, enlarged (London: Strahan, 1743). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 8 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 247.
Publishing: Public Domain