Angel of covenanted grace, the least of Jacob’s

Verse 1
Angel of covenanted grace, (Gen. 32:22-29)
The least of Jacob’s praying race,
To thee, to thee, for help I cry: (Heb. 12:4)
Thou seest my supplicating tears,
Thou hearst the clamour of my fears,
While Esau and his host are nigh. (Gen. 32:6-7)

Verse 2
Jesus, thy gracious nature tell,
Thy saving name in me reveal, (Gen. 32:29)
The tort’ring passion to remove,
T’ expel what now thou dost controul,
Thy nature speak into my soul
Thy favourite name of perfect love. (I John 4:18)

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him.”—[Hosea] xii. 4. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 79.
Publishing: Public Domain