The words we speak, we speak them not

Verse 1
The words we speak, we speak them not,
The words we speak are God’s, not ours,
When before kings and rulers brought,
We meet unmov’d the worldly powers,
By unpremeditating grace
Prepar’d our Maker to confess.

Verse 2
The Saviour then his promise seals,
The Spirit then doth utterance give,
Our mouth with heavenly wisdom fills;
And lo, our foes the truth receive,
And from the power of Jesus word
Own the companions of our Lord.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘It is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.’—[Mark 13,] v. 11.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/574, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 61.
Publishing: Public Domain