
Hymns · 1742
The Lord unto My Lord Has Said, Sit Thou, in Glory Sit (Psalm 110)
Songwriter Charles Wesley
Made popular by John Wesley, Charles Wesley
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Verse 1
The Lord unto my Lord hath said,
Sit thou, in glory sit,
Till I thine enemies have made
To bow beneath thy feet. (Ps. 110:1, Matt. 22:44, Mark 12:36, Luke 20:42-43, Acts 2:34-35, Heb. 1:13)
Verse 2
Jesu, my Lord, mighty to save, (Isa. 63:1)
What can my hopes withstand,
When thee my advocate I have (I John 2:1, Rom. 8:34, Heb. 7:25)
Enthron’d at God’s right hand? (Mark 16:19, Heb. 1:3, Heb. 10:12, Heb. 12:2)
Verse 3
I fear nor earth, nor sin, nor hell, (Matt. 10:28)
And death hath lost his sting, (I Cor. 15:55-57)
In vain a while thy foes rebel, (Ps. 2:1-6)
Thou Jesus art my King.
Verse 4
Nature is subject to thy word, (Matt. 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25)
All power to thee is given, (Matt. 28:18)
The uncontroll’d Almighty Lord
Of hell, and earth, and heaven. (Rev. 1:18)
Verse 5
And shall my sins thy will oppose?
Jesu, thy right maintain,
O let not thine usurping foes
In me thy servant reign. (Rom. 6:12-18, Ps. 119:133)
Verse 6
Master, on thee my soul is stay’d? (Isa. 26:3)
Thou wilt not quit thy claim,
Thou only hast my ransom paid, (Matt. 20:28, Mark 10:45, I Cor. 6:20, I Tim. 2:6)
And only thine I am. (Isa. 43:1)
Verse 7
Come then, and claim me for thine own,
Saviour, thy right assert,
Come, gracious Lord, set up thy throne,
And reign within my heart. (Eph. 3:17)
Verse 8
The day of thy great power I feel, (Ps. 110:3)
And pant for liberty,
I loath myself, deny my will, (Matt. 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23)
And give up all for thee. (Matt. 19:27, Mark 10:28, Luke 18:28)
Verse 9
I hate my sins, no longer mine, (Rom. 7:15)
For I renounce them too, (Rom. 6:6)
My weakness with thy strength I join, (Phil. 4:13)
Thy strength shall all subdue. (II Cor. 12:9-10)
Verse 10
Our common foes, who thee defy’d
And would not own thy sway,
Envy, and sloth, desire, and pride,
And hate, and anger slay. (Gal. 5:19-21, Col. 3:5-8, Rom. 6:12-13, Rom. 8:13)
Verse 11
Thy enemies destroy in mine,
Pronounce their speedy doom,
In vengeance speak, in brightness shine,
The man of sin consume. (II Thess. 2:3, II Thess. 2:8)
Verse 12
So shall I bless thy pleasing sway,
And sitting at thy feet (Luke 10:39)
Thy laws with all my heart obey, (Deut. 11:13, Deut. 30:10)
With all my soul submit.
Verse 13
So shall I do thy will below,
As angels do above, (Matt. 6:10, Luke 11:2, Ps. 103:20-21)
The virtue of thy passion shew,
The triumphs of thy love.
Verse 14
Thy love the conquest more than gains:
To all I shall proclaim,
Jesus, the King, the Conqueror reigns, (Rev. 11:15, Rev. 17:14, Rev. 19:6)
Bow down to Jesu’s name. (Phil. 2:9-11, Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11)
Verse 15
To thee shall earth and hell submit, (Phil. 2:10, Heb. 2:8)
And every foe shall fall,
Till death expires beneath thy feet, (I Cor. 15:25-26, I Cor. 15:28, Rev. 20:14)
And God is all in all! (Col. 3:11, I Cor. 15:28, Eph. 1:23)