Hymns · 1762
Deepen the Wounds Thy Hands Have Made
Songwriter Charles Wesley
Made popular by Charles Wesley
Details
Hymnal / album
Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1
Publisher
Farley
Copyright
Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)
Notes
Originally titled “I wound, and I heal.”—[Deut.] xxxii. 39. 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 111.
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Deepen the wound thy hands have made (Deut. 32:39, Job 5:18, Hosea 6:1, Heb. 12:6)
In this weak helpless soul,
’Till mercy with its balmy aid
Descend to make me whole,
The sharpness of thy two-edg’d sword (Heb. 4:12, Eph. 6:17, Rev. 1:16, Rev. 2:12)
Enable me t’ endure,
’Till bold to cry “My hallowing Lord (I Thess. 5:23)
Hath wrought a perfect cure!” (Ex. 15:26, Ps. 103:3)