On Thy word my soul is stay’d

On thy word my soul is stay’d,
Thy word, O God, is sure:
Heal the wounds which sin has made,
Compleat my spirit’s cure;
That I may relapse no more,
Root out the seed of my disease,
Me to perfect health restore,
To perfect holiness.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds.”—[Jer.] xxx. 17. 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 35.
Publishing: Public Domain