O Thou, who, when I did complain

Verse 1
O thou, who when I did complain,
Didst all my griefs remove,
O Saviour, do not now disdain
My humble praise and love.

Verse 2
Since thou a pitying ear didst give
And hear me when I pray’d,
I’ll call upon thee while I live,
And never doubt thy aid.

Verse 3
Pale death with all his ghastly train
My soul encompast round,
Anguish and sin, and dread and pain
On ev’ry side I found.

Verse 4
To thee, O Lord of life, I pray’d,
And did for succour flee:
O save (in my distress I said)
The soul that trusts in thee!

Verse 5
How good thou art! How large thy grace!
How easy to forgive!
The helpless thou delight’st to raise:
And by thy love I live.

Verse 6
Then, O my soul, be never more
With anxious thoughts distrest,
God’s bounteous love doth thee restore
To ease and joy and rest.

Verse 7
My eyes no longer drown’d in tears,
My feet from falling free,
Redeem’d from death, and guilty fears
O Lord, I’ll live to thee!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "Psalm CXVI." Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1739). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 123.
Publishing: Public Domain