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Hymns · 1762

God, whose mercies never end

Songwriter Charles Wesley

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Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2
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 will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.”—[Ezek.] xxxiv. 23. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 54.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from
I Samuel 13:14Ezekiel 34:11-16Ezekiel 34:23Matthew 1:21Matthew 18:12-14Luke 15:4-7John 10:11-16Acts 13:22

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to
I Chronicles 16:34I Chronicles 16:41II Chronicles 5:13II Chronicles 7:3II Chronicles 7:6II Chronicles 20:21Ezra 3:11Psalm 106:1Psalm 107:1Psalm 117:2Psalm 118:1-4Psalm 118:29Psalm 136:1-26Psalm 138:8Isaiah 9:6-7Jeremiah 31:33Jeremiah 33:11Ezekiel 36:25-28Daniel 9:25Acts 5:31Ephesians 4:15-16Colossians 1:18Colossians 3:15I Peter 2:25

Lyrics

Verse 1
God, whose mercies never end, (I Chron. 16:34, I Chron. 16:41, II Chron. 5:13, II Chron. 7:3, II Chron. 7:6, II Chron. 20:21, Ez. 3:11, Ps. 106:1, Ps. 107:1, Ps. 117:2, Ps. 118:1-4, Ps. 118:29: Ps. 136:1-26, Ps. 138:8, Jer. 33:11)
Thy gracious promise keep,
Raise the shepherd up, and send (Ezek. 34:23)
To seek the wand’ring sheep, (Matt. 18:12-14, Luke 15:4-7, I Pet. 2:25)
A lost race to save and feed
When in one fold together join’d, (John 10:16)
Join’d in spirit to our head (Eph. 4:15-16, Col. 1:18)
The shepherd of mankind. (Ezek. 34:11-16, John 10:11-16)

Verse 2
The true heavenly David give, (Ezek. 34:23)
The just and loving one,
After thine own heart, to live, (I Sam. 13:14, Acts 13:22)
And fix in us his throne: (Col. 3:15)
When on every soul bestow’d,
He comes, and saves us from our sins, (Matt. 1:21)
Father, then thou art our God, (Jer. 31:33, Ezek. 36:28)
And Jesus is our Prince. (Isa. 9:6-7, Daniel 9:25, Acts 5:31)