“How shall I give thee up?” (Hosea 11:8)
Thy mercy cannot tell,
It doth the hand of justice stop,
It keeps me out of hell: (Ps. 86:13)
Thine anger moves so slow, (Neh. 9:17, Ps. 103:8, Ps. 145:8, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Nahum 1:3)
Thy grace so swift doth move!
And mercy will not let me go,
’Till I am safe above. (Ps. 23:6)
How shall I give Thee up?
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “How shall I give thee up?”—[Hosea] xi. 8. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 78.
Publishing: Public Domain