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Hymns · 1744

O Lord, Thou art my Lord, my God

Songwriter Charles Wesley

Made popular by John Wesley

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Hymnal / album A Collection of Moral and Sacred Poems, Vol. 3
Publisher Felix Farley
Copyright Public Domain
Notes Originally titled: "The 25th Chap. of Isaiah." Introduced in A Collection of Moral and Sacred Poems, Vol. 3, published by John Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1744). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 3 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 152.

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Verse 1
O Lord, thou art my Lord, my God, (Isa. 25:1, Ps. 16:2, Ps. 118:28, John 20:28)
Throughout the world I will proclaim
And spread thy wondrous works abroad, (Ps. 9:1, Ps. 26:7, Ps. 96:3, Isa. 12:4-5)
And magnify thy glorious name. (Ps. 34:3, Ps. 72:19)

Verse 2
Great are thy miracles of grace, (Isa. 25:1)
Thee always faithful to thy word, (Isa. 25:1)
Almighty, and all-wise I praise, (Rom. 16:27, I Tim. 1:17, Jude 1:25)
The true, the everlasting Lord. (Isa. 40:28, Jer. 10:10, I John 5:20)

Verse 3
Thou hast made manifest thy power,
Thou hast thy great salvation shewn, (Isa. 25:9)
And shook the heaven-invading tower,
And cast the mighty Babel down. (Isa. 25:2, Isa. 25:12, Gen. 11:4-9, Isa. 21:9, Jer. 51:53, Rev. 18:2, Rev. 18:21)

Verse 4
The city of confusion now
A nameless heap of ruins lies, (Isa. 25:2, Gen. 11:9, Isa. 24:10, Jer. 51:37)
Sin never more shall lift its brow,
It never more shall threat the skies. (Isa. 25:2, Gen. 11:4, Isa. 14:13-15, Rev. 18:21)

Verse 5
The strong shall therefore fear thy name,
And tremble at thy glorious might, (Isa. 25:3, Ps. 102:15, Isa. 64:2, Rev. 15:4)
Their weakness own, and bear their shame, (Ps. 83:16, Ezek. 32:30)
And seek salvation in thy right.

Verse 6
For thou in his distress hast been
The needy sinner’s strength and aid, (Isa. 25:4)
A refuge from the storm of sin,
A calm retreat, a cooling shade. (Isa. 25:4, Isa. 4:6)

Verse 7
When all the rays of vengeance beat,
And fiercely smote his naked head, (Isa. 25:4-5)
Thy merits cool’d the scorching heat,
And all thy Father’s wrath allay’d. (Rom. 5:9)

Verse 8
When Satan drove the furious blast,
And urg’d the law, and death, and hell, (Isa. 25:4)
Thou hid’st him, till the storm was past, (Ps. 57:1, Isa. 26:20)
And gav’st him in thy wounds to dwell.

Verse 9
Nigh to thy wounds whoever draw,
In thee shall sure deliverance find, (Isa. 53:5, I Pet. 2:24)
A shelter from the fiery law,
A covert from the stormy wind. (Deut. 33:2, Isa. 4:6, Isa. 32:2)

Verse 10
Burthen’d with guilt and misery, (Ps. 38:4)
Lost in a dry and barren place, (Ps. 63:1)
The soul that feebly gasps to thee
Shall feel thy sweet refreshing grace. (Ps. 143:6, Isa. 44:3)

Verse 11
Thy grace, when conscience cries aloud,
Shall bid its guilty clamours cease,
Shall as the shadow of a cloud
Come down, and all the soul is peace. (Isa. 25:5)

Verse 12
Satan shall be at last brought low,
Despoil’d of all his dreadful power, (Isa. 25:5, Heb. 2:14, I John 3:8)
Jesus shall slay the inbred foe,
And sin shall never vex us more. (Rom. 6:6, Rom. 6:14)

Verse 13
The Lord shall in this mountain spread
A table for the world his guest, (Isa. 25:6, Ps. 23:5, Matt. 22:2-4, Luke 14:16-17)
Accept mankind in Christ their head, (Eph. 1:6, Eph. 1:22, Col. 1:18)
And bid them to the gospel-feast. (Matt. 22:9, Luke 14:17)

Verse 14
A feast prepar’d for all mankind,
A feast of marrow and fat things,
Of wines from earthy dregs refin’d, (Isa. 25:6, Ps. 63:5)
Ambrosia for the King of kings. (I Tim. 6:15, Rev. 19:9, Rev. 19:16)

Verse 15
A feast where milk and honey flow, (Ex. 3:8, Ex. 3:17, Ex. 13:5, Ex. 33:3, Lev. 20:24, Num. 13:27, Num. 14:8, Num. 16:13-14, Deut. 6:3, Deut. 11:9, Deut. 26:9, Deut. 26:15, Deut. 27:3, Deut. 31:20, Joshua 5:6, Jer. 11:5, Jer. 32:22, Ezek. 20:6, Ezek. 20:15, Joel 3:18)
A feast of never-failing meat, (John 6:27)
Dainties surpassing all below,
And manna such as angels eat. (Ex. 16:31-35, Num. 11:6-9, Deut. 8:3, Deut. 8:16, Joshua 5:12, Neh. 9:20, Ps. 78:24, John 6:31, John 6:49, John 6:58, Heb. 9:4, Rev. 2:17)

Verse 16
A feast of holy joy, and love,
Of pure delight, and perfect peace, (Isa. 26:3)
Begun on earth it ends above,
Consummated in heavenly bliss. (Rev. 19:7-9)

Verse 17
The world shall all his call obey,
Tho’ now they lie in deepest night,
They soon shall see the gospel-day,
Emerging into glorious light. (Isa. 9:2, Isa. 60:1-3, Matt. 4:16, Luke 1:78-79, Acts 26:18, I Pet. 2:9)

Verse 18
That covering o’er the people cast,
That veil o’er all the nations spread,
The Lord himself shall rent at last, (Isa. 25:7)
And quite destroy in Christ their head. (II Cor. 3:14-16)

Verse 19
The Lord his glory shall display, (Isa. 40:5, Hab. 2:14)
The veil of unbelief remove,
And take it all in Christ away, (Isa. 25:7, II Cor. 3:14-16, II Cor. 4:3-4)
And manifest his perfect love. (I John 4:9, I John 4:18)

Verse 20
Jesus again their life shall be, (Col. 3:4)
Shall recompence their Eden’s loss, (Isa. 51:3)
Swallow up death in victory, (Isa. 25:8, I Cor. 15:54-57)
The bleeding vict’ry of his cross. (Col. 2:14-15)

Verse 21
That living death, that sin which parts
Their souls from God he shall destroy, (Isa. 59:2, Eph. 2:1, I Cor. 15:55-57, I Tim. 5:6)
Dry up their tears, and chear their hearts, (Isa. 25:8, Rev. 7:17, Rev. 21:4)
And turn their sorrow into joy. (Ps. 30:11, Isa. 35:10, Jer. 31:13, John 16:20)

Verse 22
He shall by his renewing grace
Blot out the all-infecting sin, (Ps. 51:9, Isa. 43:25, Acts 3:19)
(That dire reproach of human race) (Isa. 25:8, Prov. 14:34)
And make a world of sinners clean. (Ezek. 36:25, I John 1:7, I John 2:2)

Verse 23
The Son shall make them free indeed, (John 8:36)
The earth in righteousness renew, (II Pet. 3:13)
And what his mouth in truth hath said, (Num. 23:19, Isa. 40:5)
His own almighty arm shall do.

Verse 24
This is our God (they then shall say
Who trust to be thro’ Christ made clean) (I John 1:7)
This is our God; we see his day, (John 8:56)
And he shall save us from all sin. (Isa. 25:9, Matt. 1:21)

Verse 25
Our Lord, for whom we long did wait, (Isa. 25:9, Gen. 49:18)
Shall purge our every guilty stain, (Ps. 65:3, Heb. 1:3, I John 1:9)
Restore to our orig’nal state, (Acts 3:19-21, Col. 3:10)
Nor let one spot of sin remain. (Song of Solomon 4:7, Eph. 5:26-27, II Pet. 3:14)

Verse 26
For in this holy mount shall rest
The great Jehovah’s sovereign hand, (Isa. 25:10)
The power divine in Christ exprest; (I Cor. 1:24)
Who can the power divine withstand? (II Chron. 20:6)

Verse 27
Jesus, to whom all power is given, (Matt. 28:18)
Shall all his strength for us employ,
Who cast th’ accuser out of heaven (Luke 10:18, Rev. 12:9-10)
Shall him with all his works destroy. (Heb. 2:14, I John 3:8)

Verse 28
Moab shall first be trodden down, (Isa. 25:10)
The child of hell, the serpent’s seed, (Gen. 3:15, Matt. 23:33, John 8:44)
Sin shall the arm of Jesus own,
And we on all its strength shall tread.

Verse 29
Our sins as dunghill-straw shall be, (Isa. 25:10)
Compell’d by Jesus to submit; (Ps. 66:3, Ps. 110:1, I Cor. 15:25)
Satan with all his powers shall flee; (James 4:7)
And then be bruis’d beneath our feet. (Gen. 3:15, Rom. 16:20)

Verse 30
The Saviour shall spread forth his hands, (Isa. 25:11)
To take the weary sinners in, (Matt. 11:28)
T’ o’erturn whate’er his course withstands,
And pull down the strong-holds of sin. (II Cor. 10:4-5)

Verse 31
He shall the pride of man abase, (Isa. 25:11, Isa. 2:11, Isa. 2:17, Dan. 4:37, Matt. 23:12)
Humble each vain aspiring boast, (Rom. 3:27, Eph. 2:8-9)
Confound the captives of his grace, (I Cor. 1:27-29)
And lay their honour in the dust. (Isa. 25:12, Ps. 7:5)

Verse 32
The walls of sin shall be laid low,
The lofty citadel o’erthrown; (Isa. 25:12, Isa. 26:5, II Cor. 10:4-5)
We all shall then his fullness know, (Eph. 3:19)
Forever perfected in one. (John 17:23, Heb. 10:14)