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Hymns · 1739

Thee, O my God and King

Songwriter Charles Wesley

Made popular by Charles Wesley, John Wesley

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Details

Hymnal / album Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)
Publisher William Strahan
Copyright Public Domain
Notes Originally titled: "To Be Sung at Work." This is the original version of this hymn, as first published in "Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)," published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1739). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 172.

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song
Luke 15:11-32

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to
Psalm 103:13Psalm 148:1Psalm 148:7Psalm 148:13Isaiah 61:10Habakkuk 2:4Matthew 18:12-13Luke 4:22Luke 15:4-7Romans 1:17Romans 3:21-22Romans 8:15-16II Corinthians 5:21Galatians 2:20Galatians 3:11Galatians 3:26Ephesians 1:5-6Ephesians 2:12-13Ephesians 2:19Philippians 3:9Hebrews 10:38Revelation 5:13

Lyrics

Verse 1
Thee, O my God and King,
My Father, thee I sing!
Hear well-pleas’d the joyous sound,
Praise from earth and heav’n receive; (Ps. 148:1, Ps. 148:7, Ps. 148:13, Rev. 5:13)
Lost, I now in Christ am found, (Luke 15:24, Luke 15:32)
Dead, by faith in Christ I live. (Hab. 2:4, Rom. 1:17, Gal. 2:20, Gal. 3:11, Heb. 10:38)

Verse 2
Father, behold thy son,
In Christ I am thy own. (Rom. 8:15-16, Gal. 3:26, Eph. 1:5-6, Luke 15:21-24)
Stranger long to thee and rest, (Eph. 2:12-13, Eph. 2:19)
See the prodigal is come: (Luke 15:13, Luke 15:17-20)
Open wide thine arms and breast, (Luke 15:20)
Take the weary wand’rer home.

Verse 3
Thine eye observ’d from far,
Thy pity look’d me near: (Ps. 103:13, Luke 15:20, Eph. 2:13)
Me thy bowels yearn’d to see,
Me thy mercy ran to find, (Matt. 18:12-13, Luke 15:4-5, Luke 15:20)
Empty, poor, and void of thee,
Hungry, sick, and faint, and blind. (Luke 15:14-17)

Verse 4
Thou on my neck didst fall,
Thy kiss forgave me all: (Luke 15:20-22)
Still the gracious words I hear, (Luke 4:22)
Words that made the Saviour mine, (Luke 15:22-24)
“Haste, for him the robe prepare, (Luke 15:22)
His be righteousness divine!” (Isa. 61:10, Rom. 3:21-22, II Cor. 5:21, Phil. 3:9)

Verse 5
Thee, O my God and King,
My Father, thee I sing!
Hear well-pleas’d the joyous sound,
Praise from earth and heav’n receive; (Ps. 148:1, Ps. 148:7, Ps. 148:13, Rev. 5:13)
Lost, I now in Christ am found, (Luke 15:24, Luke 15:32)
Dead, by faith in Christ I live. (Hab. 2:4, Rom. 1:17, Gal. 2:20, Gal. 3:11, Heb. 10:38)