Still wilt thou put a worm to grief,
The stubble dry, the wither’d leaf
Pursue, and break in me?
What honour can thy greatness gain
By crushing a weak child of man,
Who cannot strive with thee?
Still wilt Thou put a worm to grief
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro, and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?”—[Job] xiii. 25. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 245.
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