Blest be the God whose tender care

Verse 1
Blest be the God, whose tender care (Ps. 145:9)
Prevents his children’s cry, (Isa. 65:24, Matt. 6:8)
Whose pity providently near (Ps. 103:13)
Doth all our wants supply. (Phil. 4:19, Ps. 34:9-10)

Verse 2
Blest be the God, whose bounty’s[1] store
These chearing gifts imparts; (Ps. 68:19, James 1:17)
Who veils in bread, the secret power
That feeds and glads our hearts. (Acts 14:17, Ps. 104:14-15, Deut. 8:3, Matt. 4:4, Luke 4:4)

Verse 3
Fountain of blessings, source of good, (Ps. 36:9, James 1:17)
To thee this strength we owe,
Thou art the virtue of our food, (Deut. 8:3)
Life of our life below. (Acts 17:28, Col. 3:4)

Verse 4
When shall our souls regain the skies?
Thy heav’nly sweetness prove?
Fulness of joys shall there arise,[2] (Ps. 16:11)
And all our food be[3] love.

[1] Wesley changed “bounty’s” to “bounteous” in 1743.
[2] Wesley changed this line to “Where joys in all their fullness rise” in 1739.
[3] Wesley changed “be” to “is” in 1739.