Omnipotent Lord, My Savior and King (EN 3147)

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Omnipotent Lord, my Savior and King,

Thy succor afford, Thy righteousness bring;

Thy promises bind Thee compassion to have,

Now, now let me find Thee almighty to save.

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Rejoicing in hope, and patient in grief,

To Thee I look up for certain relief;

I fear no denial, no danger I fear,

Nor start from the trial, while Jesus is near.

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I every hour in jeopardy stand;

But Thou art my power, and holdest my hand;

While yet I am calling, Thy succor I feel,

It saves me from falling, or plucks me from hell.

4

O who can explain this struggle for life!

This travail and pain, this trembling and strife!

Plague, earthquake, and famine, and tumult, and war,

The wonderful coming of Jesus declare.

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For every fight is dreadful and loud,

The warrior’s delight is slaughter and blood,

His foes overturning, till all shall expire;

But this is with burning and fuel of fire.

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Yet God is above men, devils, and sin,

My Jesus’ love the battle shall win,

So terribly glorious His coming shall be,

His love all victorious shall conquer for me.

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He all shall break through; His truth and His grace

Shall bring me into the plentiful place,

Through much tribulation, through water and fire,

Through floods of temptation, and flames of desire.

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On Jesus, my power, till then I rely,

All evil before His presence shall fly;

When I have my Savior, my sin shall depart

And Jesus for ever shall reign in my heart.