I know that my Redeemer lives; He lives

Verse 1
I know that my Redeemer lives,
He lives, and on the earth shall stand,
And tho’ to worms my flesh he gives,
My dust lies number’d in his hand.

Verse 2
In this reanimated clay
I surely shall behold him near,
Shall see him at the latter day
In all his majesty appear.

Verse 3
I feel what then shall raise me up,
Th’ eternal Spirit lives in me,
This is my confidence of hope
That God I face to face shall see.

Verse 4
Mine own and not another’s eyes
The King shall in his beauty view,
I shall from him receive the prize
The starry[1] crown to victors due.

[1] Wesley changed “The starry” to “And wear the” in 1745, but returned to the original in following editions.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "Job xix. 25." Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1742). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 2 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 182.
Publishing: Public Domain