Hymns · 1762

My heart doth oft to idols cleave

Details

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..)

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Hosea 4:17

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Proverbs 3:12 Ezekiel 14:3 Matthew 6:20-21 Colossians 3:2 Hebrews 12:6

Lyrics

My heart doth oft to idols cleave, (Hosea 4:17, Ezek. 14:3)
(With shame, O God, I own)
Yet do not thou the sinner leave,
Yet let me not alone: (Hosea 4:17)
Rather thy froward child reprove, (Prov. 3:12, Heb. 12:6)
’Till with my sins I part,
Withdraw from earthly things my love, (Col. 3:2, Matt. 6:20-21)
And give thee all my heart.