Viler than Manasses I

Verse 1
Viler than Manasses I,
Forc’d by deep affliction pray,
Prostrate in thy presence cry
Take thy heavy plague away,
If thou canst intreated be,
Hear, my God, and pardon me.

Verse 2
To mine inmost soul restore
Forfeited felicity,
Fulness of victorious power,
Peace and joy reveal in me,
Give the gracious kingdom back,
Save me now for Jesu’s sake.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “When he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, &c.”—[II. Chron.] xxxiii. 12, 13. 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 218.
Publishing: Public Domain