O FOR A HEART TO PRAISE MY GOD

O for a heart to praise my God,

A heart from sin set free;

A heart that always feels Thy blood

So freely shed for me;




A heart resigned, submissive, meek,

My great Redeemer's throne,

Where only Christ is heard to speak,

Where Jesus reigns alone;




A humble, lowly, contrite heart,

Believing, true, and clean;

Which neither life nor death can part

From Him who dwells within;




A heart in every thought renewed,

And full of love divine;

Perfect and right, and pure, and good:

A copy, Lord, of Thine.




Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;

Come quickly from above;

Write Thy new name upon my heart,

Thy new best name of love