Verse 1
God of love, incline thine ear,
Hear a cry of grief and fear,
Hear an anxious Parent’s cry,
Help, before my Isaac die.

Verse 2
All my comfort in distress,
All my earthly happiness,
Spare him still, the precious Loan;
Is he not my only Son?

Verse 3
Whom I did from Thee obtain
Must I give him back again?
Can I with the blessing part?
Lord, Thou know’st a Mother’s heart:

Verse 4
All its passionate excess,
All its yearning tenderness,
Nature’s soft infirmity
Is it not a drop from Thee?

Verse 5
For thy own compassion’s sake,
Give me then my Darling back
Rais’d as from the dead, to praise,
Love, and serve Thee all his days.

Verse 6
Speak, and at the powerful word,
Lo, the witness for his Lord,
Monument of grace divine,
Isaac lives, for ever thine!