Jesu, accept the grateful song

Verse 1
Jesu, accept the grateful song,
My wisdom and my might, (I Cor. 1:24)
’Tis thou hast loos’d the stammering tongue, (Ex. 4:10-12, Isa. 32:4)
And taught my hands to fight. (II Sam. 22:35, Ps. 18:34, Ps. 144:1)

Verse 2
Thou, Jesus, thou my mouth hast been; (Ex. 4:12, Ex. 4:15, Jer. 1:9, Matt. 10:19-20, Luke 21:15)
The weapons of thy war,
Mighty thro’ thee, I pull down sin, (II Cor. 10:4-5)
And all thy truth declare. (Ps. 40:10)

Verse 3
Not without thee, my Lord, I am
Come up unto this place, (Ex. 33:15)
Thy Spirit bad [bade] me preach thy name, (Isa. 61:1, Luke 4:18, Acts 13:2)
And trumpet forth thy praise.

Verse 4
Thy Spirit gave me utterance now, (Acts 2:4, Eph. 6:19)
My soul with strength endued, (Ps. 138:3, Eph. 3:16)
Hardned to adamant my brow, (Isa. 50:7, Ezek. 3:8-9)
And arm’d my heart with God.

Verse 5
Thy powerful hand in all I see,
Thy wondrous workings own, (Ps. 86:10, Ps. 111:2-4)
Glory, and strength, and praise to thee (I Chron. 16:28-29, Ps. 29:1-2, Ps. 96:7-8)
Ascribe, and thee alone. (Ps. 68:34)

Verse 6
Gladly I own the promise true
To all whom thou dost send,
“Behold, I always am with you,
Your Saviour to the end!” (Jer. 1:7-8, Matt. 28:19-20)

Verse 7
Amen, amen, my God and Lord, (Ps. 41:13, Ps. 72:19, Ps. 89:52, John 20:28)
If thou art with me still,
I still shall speak the gospel-word, (Acts 18:9-10)
My ministry fulfil. (Acts 20:24, Col. 4:17)

Verse 8
Thee I shall constantly proclaim,
Though earth and hell oppose, (Acts 4:18-20, Acts 5:41-42)
Bold to confess thy glorious name (Matt. 10:32, Luke 12:8)
Before a world of foes. (John 15:18)

Verse 9
Jesus the name, high over all
In hell, or earth, or sky, (Phil. 2:9-10, Eph. 1:21)
Angels and men before it fall, (Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11, Phil. 2:10, Heb. 1:6)
And devils fear, and fly. (James 2:19, James 4:7)

Verse 10
Jesus the name to sinners dear,
The name to sinners given, (Acts 4:12)
It scatters all their guilty fear,
And turns their hell to heaven.

Verse 11
Balm into wounded spirits it pours, (Song of Solomon 1:3)
And heals the sin-sick mind; (Matt. 9:12-13, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31-32)
It hearing to the deaf restores,
And eye-sight to the blind. (Isa. 29:18, Isa. 35:5, Matt. 11:5, Luke 7:22, Mark 7:37, Luke 4:18)

Verse 12
Jesus the prisoner’s fetters breaks, (Ps. 107:14, Ps. 146:7, Isa. 42:7, Isa. 61:1, Luke 4:18)
And bruises Satan’s head, (Gen. 3:15, Rom. 16:20)
Power into strengthless souls it speaks,
And life into the dead. (John 5:25)

Verse 13
O that the world might taste, and see (Ps. 34:8)
The riches of his grace! (Eph. 1:7, Eph. 2:7)
The arms of love which compass me, (Deut. 33:27)
Would all mankind embrace. (I Tim. 2:3-4, II Pet. 3:9)

Verse 14
O that my Jesu’s heavenly charms
Might every bosom move!
Fly sinners, fly into those arms
Of everlasting love. (Deut. 33:27, Jer. 31:3)

Verse 15
The lover of your souls is near,
Him I to you commend,
Joyful the Bridegroom’s voice to hear, (John 3:29, Song of Solomon 2:8, Jer. 33:11)
Who calls a worm his friend. (Job 25:6, Ps. 22:6, Isa. 41:14, John 15:14-15)

Verse 16
He hath the bride, and he alone, (John 3:29)
Almighty to redeem, (Isa. 63:1)
I only make his mercies known, (Ps. 89:1)
I send you all to him.

Verse 17
Sinners, behold the Lamb of God, (John 1:29, John 1:36)
On him your spirits stay; (Isa. 10:20, Isa. 26:3, Isa. 50:10)
He bears the universal load, (Isa. 53:6, I John 2:2)
He takes your sins away. (John 1:29, I John 3:5)

Verse 18
His only righteousness I shew, (Ps. 71:15-16)
His saving grace proclaim; (Eph. 2:5, Eph. 2:8-9)
’Tis all my business here below
To cry, Behold the Lamb! (John 1:29, John 1:36, I Cor. 2:2)

Verse 19
For this a suffering life I live, (II Cor. 4:10-11, Phil. 1:29)
And reckon all things loss; (Phil. 3:7-8)
For him my strength, my all I give, (Luke 14:33)
And glory in his cross. (Gal. 6:14)

Verse 20
I spend myself, that you may know (II Cor. 12:15)
The Lord our righteousness, (Jer. 23:6, Jer. 33:16)
That Christ in you may live, and grow, (Rom. 8:10, Gal. 2:20, Gal. 4:19, Eph. 3:17, Col. 1:27, II Pet. 3:18)
I joyfully decrease. (John 3:29-30)

Verse 21
Gladly I hasten to decay,
My life I freely spend, (II Cor. 12:15)
And languish for the welcome day,
When all my toil shall end. (Rev. 14:13)

Verse 22
Happy, if with my latest breath
I might but gasp his name,
Preach him to all, and cry in death (Matt. 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, Acts 5:42, Col. 1:28)
Behold, behold the Lamb! (John 1:29, John 1:36)