Great God, who dost the proud abase,
And giv’st to humble souls thy grace,
Bring down my nature’s virtuous boast,
And lay mine honour in the dust;
Then answer a mere sinner’s cry,
Where in the lowest deep I lie,
Then from the gates of hell bring back,
And save me for my Saviour’s sake.
Great God who dost the proud abase
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The Lord bringeth low, and lifteth up.”—[I. Sam.] ii. 7. 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 151.
Publishing: Public Domain