My God, (if I may call Thee mine)

Verse 1
My God (if I may call thee mine
From heav’n and thee remov’d so far)
Draw nigh; thy pitying ear incline, (Ps. 17:6, Ps. 71:2, Ps. 88:2, Ps. 102:1-2, Isa. 37:17, Dan. 9:18, James 4:8)
And cast not out my languid pray’r. (John 6:37)
Gently the weak thou lov’st to lead, (Isa. 40:11)
Thou lov’st to prop the feeble knee, (Isa. 35:3, Heb. 12:12)
O break not then a bruised reed,
Nor quench the smoaking flax in me. (Isa. 42:3, Matt. 12:20)

Verse 2
Buried in sin, thy voice I hear,
And burst the barriers of my tomb,
In all the marks of death appear,
Forth at thy call, tho’ bound, I come. (John 5:25, John 11:43-44, Eph. 2:1, Col. 2:12-13)
Give me, O give me fully, Lord,
Thy resurrection’s pow’r to know; (Phil. 3:10)
Free me indeed; repeat[1] the word, (John 8:36)
And loose my bands, and let me go. (John 11:44)

Verse 3
Fain would I go to thee my God,
Thy mercies and my wants to tell: (Heb. 4:16)
I feel my pardon seal’d in blood; (Eph. 1:7)
Saviour, thy love I wait to feel.
Freed from the pow’r of cancel’d sin; (Rom. 6:18)
When shall my soul triumphant prove?
Why breaks not out the fire within
In flames of joy and praise and love?

Verse 4
When shall my eye affect my heart, (Lam. 3:51)
Sweetly dissolv’d in gracious tears?
Ah, Lord, the stone to flesh convert! (Ezek. 11:19, Ezek. 36:26)
And till thy lovely face appears,
Still may I at thy footstool keep, (Ps. 99:5, Luke 10:39)
And watch the smile of op’ning heav’n:
Much would I pray, and love, and weep;
I would; for I have much forgiv’n. (Luke 7:47)

Verse 5
Yet O! Ten thousand lusts remain, (I Pet. 2:11)
And vex my soul absolv’d from sin,
Still rebel nature strives to reign, (Rom. 6:12, Rom. 7:23, Gal. 5:17)
Still am I all unclean, unclean! (Lev. 13:45)
Assail’d by pride, allur’d by sense,
On earth the creatures court my stay;
False flatt’ring idols get ye hence, (Isa. 30:22, I John 5:21)
Created good be far away!

Verse 6
Jesu, to thee my soul aspires, (Ps. 42:1)
Jesu, to thee I plight my vows, (Ps. 116:14)
Keep me from earthly base desires,
My God, my Saviour, and my spouse. (Isa. 54:5, Isa. 62:5, II Cor. 11:2, Rev. 19:7)
Fountain of all-sufficient bliss, (II Cor. 9:8)
Thou art the good I seek below;
Fulness of joys in thee there is, (Ps. 16:11)
Without ’tis mis’ry all and woe.

Verse 7
Take this poor wandring, worthless heart,
Its wandrings all to thee are known, (Ps. 56:8)
May no false rival claim a part,
Nor sin disseize thee of thine own. (I Cor. 6:19-20)
Stir up thy interposing pow’r, (Ps. 80:2)
Save me from sin, from idols save, (Matt. 1:21)
Snatch me from fierce temptation’s hour, (Matt. 6:13, Rev. 3:10)
And hide, O hide me in the grave! (Job 14:13)

Verse 8
I know thou wilt accept me now, (Eph. 1:6)
I know my sins are now forgiv’n! (I John 1:9)
My head to death O let me bow, (John 19:30)
Nor keep my life, to lose my heav’n. (Matt. 16:25, Mark 8:35, Luke 9:24, John 12:25)
Far from this snare my soul remove,
This only cup I would decline,
I deprecate a creature-love, (Matt. 10:37)
O take me, to secure me thine.

Verse 9
Or if thy wiser will ordain
The trial, I would die to shun,
Welcome the strife, the grief, the pain, (Job 1:21)
Thy name be prais’d, thy will be done! (Matt. 6:10, Matt. 26:42, Luke 11:2, Acts 21:14)
I from thy hand the cup receive,
Meekly submit to thy decree,
Gladly for thee consent to live!
Thou, Lord, hast liv’d, hast died for me! (Rom. 14:8-9, II Cor. 5:15, Gal. 2:20)

[1] Wesley changed “repeat” to “pronounce” in 1739 but reverted to “repeat” in later editions.