Jesu, God of our salvation

Verse 1
Jesu! God of our salvation, (Ps. 65:5, Ps. 68:19-20)
Hear our call;
Save us all,
By thy death and passion.

Verse 2
Jesu! See thine helpless creature; (Rom. 5:6)
Bow the skies, (Ps. 18:9, Ps. 144:5, Isa. 64:1)
God arise,
All thy foes to scatter. (Num. 10:35, Ps. 68:1)

Verse 3
Jesu! Manifest thy glory
In this hour, (John 2:11)
Shew thy power, (Ex. 9:16, Rom. 9:17)
Drive thy foes before thee. (Deut. 6:19, Joshua 23:5)

Verse 4
Jesu! Help, thou serpent-bruiser;
Bruise his head,
Woman’s seed, (Gen. 3:15, Rom. 16:20)
Cast down the accuser. (Rev. 12:9-10)

Verse 5
Jesu! Wound the dragon, wound him; (Isa. 51:9)
Make him roar, (I Pet. 5:8)
Break his power,
Let thine arm confound him.

Verse 6
Jesu! Come, and bind him, bind him, (Rev. 20:1-3, Matt. 12:29, Mark 3:27)
Let him feel
His own hell, (Matt. 25:41, Rev. 20:10)
Let thy fury find him.

Verse 7
Jesu! Than the strong man stronger, (Luke 11:21-22)
Enter thou,
Let thy foe
Keep thee out no longer. (Matt. 12:29, Mark 3:27)

Verse 8
Suffer him no more to harm her,
Make her clean,
Purge her sin, (Ps. 51:2, Ps. 51:7, I John 1:7)
Take away his armour. (Luke 11:22)

Verse 9
Jesu! Mighty to deliver, (Isa. 63:1)
Satan foil,
Take the spoil (Isa. 53:12, Matt. 12:29, Mark 3:27, Luke 11:22, Col. 2:15)
Make her thine for ever.

Verse 10
Jesu! All to thee is given: (Matt. 28:18, John 3:35, John 13:3)
All obey,
Own thy sway,
Hell, and earth, and heaven. (Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11, Eph. 1:21-22, Phil. 2:10-11, I Pet. 3:22)

Verse 11
Jesu! Let this soul find favour
In thy sight, (Ex. 33:13)
Claim thy right,
Come, O come, and save her.

Verse 12
From the hand of hell retrieve her, (Ps. 49:15, Hos. 13:14)
Jesu, Lord,
Speak the word, (Matt. 8:16)
Bid the tempter leave her. (Mark 9:25, Luke 4:35-36)

Verse 13
Hide her till the storm be over, (Isa. 26:20)
King of kings, (I Tim. 6:15, Rev. 17:14, Rev. 19:16)
Spread thy wings,
Christ, her weakness cover. (Ps. 17:8, Ps. 57:1, Ps. 61:4, Ps. 91:4, Matt. 23:37)

Verse 14
Jesu! Wherefore dost thou tarry? (Ps. 40:17, Ps. 70:5, Rev. 6:10)
Hear thine own,
Cast him down,
Quell the adversary. (Rev. 12:10)

Verse 15
Jesu! Shall he still devour? (I Pet. 5:8)
Is thine ear
Slow to hear?
Hast thou lost thy power? (Isa. 59:1)

Verse 16
Shorten’d is thy hand, O Saviour? (Num. 11:23, Isa. 59:1)
Save her now,
Shew that thou
Art the same for ever. (Ps. 102:27, Mal. 3:6, Heb. 13:8)

Verse 17
O Omnipotent Redeemer, (Rev. 19:6)
Hell rebuke
With thy look,
Silence the blasphemer.

Verse 18
Jesu! All his depths discover, (Rev. 2:24)
All unfold,
Loose his hold, (Luke 13:16)
Let the charm be over.

Verse 19
Jesu! Is it past thy finding? (Job 9:10, Rom. 11:33)
Find and shew,
Break the vow,
Let it not be binding. (Num. 30:2-3, Num. 30:12-14)

Verse 20
Break the dire confederacy:
Shall it stand? (Isa. 8:12, Isa. 28:18)
No - command,
Say, “’Tis I release thee.”

Verse 21
Satan, hear the name of Jesus!
Hear and quake,
Give her back;
This[1] the name that frees us. (Acts 4:12)

Verse 22
Jesu! Claim thy ransom’d creature,
Let the foe
Feel and know
Thou in us art greater. (I John 4:4)

Verse 23
Strengthen’d by thy great example,
Let us tread
On his head,
On his kingdom trample. (Gen. 3:15, Ps. 91:13, Luke 10:19, Rom. 16:20)

Verse 24
Drive him to th’ infernal region,
Chase, O chase,
To his place,
Tho’ his name be legion. (Mark 5:9, Luke 8:30-31)

Verse 25
Is not faith the same for ever?
Let us see,
Signs from thee,
Following the believer! (Mark 16:17)

[1] Wesley changed “This” to “To” in 1743.