
Hymns · 1783
O that His wrath were turned aside
Songwriter Charles Wesley
Made popular by Charles Wesley
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Verse 1
O that his wrath were turn’d aside (Hosea 14:4, Isa. 12:1)
O coud I know him pacified,
Again with pardon blest,
How gladly then shoud I resign
My soul into the hands divine,
And trust him for the rest!
Verse 2
Jesus, my sprinkled heart assure (Heb. 10:22)
Thou didst my life by death procure
Didst buy the sinner’s peace (Rom. 5:1)
That I to sin intirely dead (Rom. 6:11, I Pet. 2:24)
From every thought of evil freed,
Might live to righteousness. (I Pet. 2:24, Rom. 6:18)
Verse 3
Now in the sense of cancel’d sin
Thy sanctifying work begin,
Pour in the balm of grace,
My wounds bind up, my peace restore, (Ps. 147:3)
And sent by Thee, I sin no more (John 5:14, John 8:11, I John 3:6)
But walk in all thy ways. (Deut. 5:33, Deut. 8:6, Deut. 10:12, Deut. 11:22, Deut. 19:9, Deut. 26:17, Deut. 28:9, Deut. 30:16, Josh. 22:5, I Kings 2:3, I Kings 3:14, I Kings 8:58, I Kings 11:38, II Chron. 6:31, Ps. 81:13, Ps. 119:3, Ps. 128:1, Isa. 42:24, Jer. 7:23, Zech. 3:7)