MY HEART IS FIXED, O GOD (Wesley)

“My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.” Psalm 57:7

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Psalms and Hymns, 1743; the long­er orig­in­al was ti­tled “Be Mer­ci­ful, O God, to Me.”

Music: Mid­dle­sex, anon­y­mous, be­fore 1875 (MI­DI, score).


My heart is fixed, O God, my heart
Is fixed to triumph in Thy grace:
Awake, my lute, and bear a part
My glory is to sing Thy praise,
Till all Thy nature I partake,
And bright in all thine image wake.

Thee will I praise among thine own;
Thee will I to the world extol,
And make Thy truth and goodness known:
Thy goodness, Lord, is over all;
Thy truth and grace the heavens transcend;
Thy faithful mercies never end.

Be Thou exalted, Lord, above
The highest name in earth or heaven;
Let angels sing Thy glorious love,
And bless the Name to sinners given;
All earth and heaven their King proclaim!
Bow every knee to Jesus’ Name!