Book 1, Hymn 129 · John Newton · Public-domain words
Oppressed with unbelief and sin
Book 1, Hymn 129 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. Oppressed with unbelief and sin,Fightings without, and fears within;While earth and hell, with force combined,Assault and terrify my mind.
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Stanza 2. What strength have I against such foes,Such hosts and legions to oppose?Alas! I tremble, faint, and fall,LORD save me, or I give up all.
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Stanza 3. Thus sorely pressed I sought the LORD,To give me some sweet cheering word;Again I sought, and yet again,I waited long, but not in vain.
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Stanza 4. O! ’twas a cheering word indeed!Exactly suited to my need;“Sufficient for thee is my grace,Thy weakness my great pow’r displays.”
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Stanza 5. Now despond and mourn no more,I welcome all I feared before;Though weak I’m strong, though troubled blest,For CHRIST’S own pow’r shall on me rest.
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Stanza 6. My grace would soon exhausted be,But his is boundless as the sea;Then let me boast with holy Paul,That I am nothing, CHRIST is all.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 129. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-129
About these words
John Newton lived from 1725 to 1807. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
