Verse 1
God of eternal majesty,
High as thou art, from heaven look down,
Holy, and just, we cry to thee,
Behold us from thy glorious throne!

Verse 2
Where is thy strength to conquer sin?
Thy zeal to save a fallen race?
Thy bowels sounding from within?
Thy mercies, and thy pard’ning grace?

Verse 3
Thy pity, and paternal care,
The tender yearnings of thy heart,
Are they restrain’d? Is fury there?
Ah no! Thou still our Father art.

Verse 4
Doubtless thou art our Father still,
Though Abraham his seed disowns
Debas’d by sin, though Israel
Renounces his degenerate sons.

Verse 5
Our Lord, and our Redeemer now
Thou art, and will[1] be still the same,
Our everlasting Father thou;
Jehovah is thy glorious name.

Verse 6
Why then, O Lord, if ours thou art,
Why hast thou suffer’d us to rove?
Withdrawn thy Spirit from our heart,
And left us to our want of love?

Verse 7
Why hast thou hid thy lovely face,
And caus’d us from thy paths to err?
Abandon’d by restraining grace
Our hearts were harden’d from thy fear.

Verse 8
Yet, Lord, for thee again we mourn,
Now let our prayers thine aid engage,
Now for thy servant’s sake return,
And chear thy drooping heritage.

Verse 9
The land we fondly deem’d our own
(Alas, how short a time enjoy’d!)
Our adversaries have o’erthrown,
And trampled on the house of God.

Verse 10
Yet we are thine, though dispossest,
And outcasts from the promis’d land,
They never have thy sway confess’d,
Or yielded to thy just command.

Verse 11
We, we are call’d by thy great name,
Accept our plea, thine ear incline,
Thine, Lord, we are, renew thy claim,
Receive, and seal us ever thine.

[1] Wesley changed “will” to “wilt” in 1756.