Verse 1
O Lord, my God, with shame I own
That other lords have sway’d,
Have in my heart set up their throne,
And abject I obey’d.

Verse 2
Thy enemies usurp’d the place,
And robb’d thee of thy due,
A slave to every vice I was,
And only evil knew.

Verse 3
With sin I joyfully comply’d,
I yielded unconstrain’d,
Passion, and appetite, and pride,
And self, and nature reign’d.

Verse 4
But ended is the shameful hour,
Th’ usurper’s reign is past,
Blasted their strength, o’return’d their power,
And I am sav’d at last.

Verse 5
Thy love, by which redeem’d I am,
Forever be ador’d,
I now shall live to bless thy name,
And call my Jesus, Lord.

Verse 6
Those other lords no more are mine,
No more their slave am I,
I tread them down with strength divine,
I all my sins defy.

Verse 7
Freed am I now, forever freed
From their destructive power,
Nail’d to the cross they all are dead,
And shall revive no more.

Verse 8
The glorious presence of my God,
Hath all the tyrants slain,
Their name, their memory is destroy’d;
For[1] I am born again!

[1] Wesley changed “For” to “When” in 1745.