Faithful soul, thy Lord be near

Verse 1
Faithful Soul, thy Lord be near
Throughout thine Evil Day,
Thee the GOD of Jacob chear,
The Name of Jesus stay,
Arm thee with preserving Grace,
Be thy Safeguard and Defence,
Hear thee from his Holy Place,
And send Deliverance thence.

Verse 2
GOD be mindful of thy Prayers,
Accept thy Sacrifice,
Treasure up thy gracious Tears,
And answer all thy Sighs;
Grant thee all thy Heart’s Desire,
All thy good Designs improve,
Higher raise thy Joys and higher,
And perfect thee in Love.

Verse 3
We will glory in thy Name,
O GOD, thy Conquests sing,
Thee triumphantly proclaim
Our Saviour and our King;
Now I know, the Lord from high
Succours his Anointed One;
Still his Arm shall Strength supply,
And send Salvation down.

Verse 4
Some in Chariots put their trust,
In Horses some confide,
We of GOD will make our boast,
And in his Word abide:
Him we ever bear in mind,
All his faithful Mercies claim,
Life, and Strength, and Succour find
In Jesus conquering Name.

Verse 5
All our Foes by thy Righthand
Are suddenly brought down,
We are lifted up, and stand,
And stand by Faith alone;
Still on Thee we cast our Care,
On thine only Love depend,
King of Saints, regard our Prayer,
And save us to the End.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “Psalm 20.” This hymn was appears in the mid-to-late-1740s manuscript “MS Fish.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/566, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 2). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Introduced in Versions and Paraphrases of Select Psalms. 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 39.
Publishing: Public Domain