Gone out against my body, Lord,
Thy chastening hand I feel in pain,
That wounded by thy Spirit’s sword
My soul might perfect health obtain;
Thy hand is contrary to me,
That I may all be lost in thee.
Gone out against my body, Lord
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The hand of the Lord is gone out against me.”—[Ruth] i. 13. 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 143.
Publishing: Public Domain