Hymns · 1762

On me that wrestling power bestow

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..)

Notes Originally titled “By his strength he had power with God.”—[Hosea] xii. 3. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 79.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Genesis 32:24-26 Luke 18:1

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Hosea 12:3 II Peter 1:4

Lyrics

On me that wrestling power bestow (Hosea 12:3)
Which will not let th’ Almighty go, (Gen. 32:24-26)
Power to pray on, and never rest, (Luke 18:1)
Till, with thy heavenly nature blest, (II Pet. 1:4)
I know thee, Saviour, who thou art,
And bear thine image on my heart.