Balm of my wounded spirit, Lord,
Thy promise I receive,
Forgive, according to thy word,
For thy own sake forgive:
Blot out, thou Sun of righteousness,
Th’ impenetrable cloud,
Jesus, my countless sins efface
With thy atoning blood.
Balm of my wounded spirit, Lord
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I, even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake.”—Isa. xliii. 25. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 418.
Publishing: Public Domain