Shepherd divine, our want relieve

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This is an hymn by Charles Wesley, 1749, from Hymns and Sacred Poems, Volume 2, Hymn 27. Meter is 86. 86 (C.M.). The first line is sometimes expressed as "Shepherd divine, our wants relieve".

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• Thomas Turton — Shepherd divine, our wants relieve  English SATB

Text and translations

English text 1. Shepherd divine, our want relieve In this our evil day, To all thy tempted followers give The power to watch and pray. 2. Long as our fiery trials last, Long as the cross we bear, O let our souls on thee be cast In never-ceasing prayer.

3. The Spirit of interceding grace Give us in faith to claim, To wrestle, ’till we see thy face, And know thy hidden name. 4. ’Till thou the perfect love impart, ’Till thou thyself bestow, Be this the cry of every heart I will not let thee go.

5. I will not let thee go, unless Thou tell thy name to me, With all thy great salvation bless, And make me all like thee. 6. Then let me on the mountain-top Behold thine open face, While faith in sight is swallowed up, And prayer in endless praise.

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