O, look not, Lord, on my desert

Verse 1
O, Look not, Lord, on my desert,
But on Thy glory; for Thou art
The mighty God, I a weak worm!
Destroy me not; but, O, reform.

Verse 2
Put me not to eternal shame,
Unfaithful steward as I am:
I have consumed Thy goods; yet, O.
Thy mercy, not Thy vengeance, show.

Verse 3
Suffer not an Egyptian night
To cover me, though long Thy light
I have despised; yet ‘gainst vile clay
Do not Almighty power display.

Verse 4
God of compassion, Lord of love.
The vials of Thy wrath remove;
Look where the’ atoning blood doth stand,
And quench Thy wrath, and stay Thy hand.

Verse 5
Thou art both Judge and Saviour, Lord,
Both life and death attend Thy word:
O, hear; O, spare me; O, forgive
Once more, and yet my soul shall live.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1741), published by John Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1741). 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 41.
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