Now Be My Heart Inspired to Sing

Now be my heart in­spired to sing

The glo­ries of my Sav­ior-King

Jesus the Lord; how heav’n­ly fair

His form! how bright His beau­ties are!

O’er all the sons of hu­man race

He shines with a su­pe­ri­or grace;

Love from His lips di­vine­ly flows

And bless­ings all His state com­pose.

Dress Thee in arms

most migh­ty Lord

Gird on the ter­ror of Thy sword

In ma­jes­ty and glo­ry ride

With truth and meek­ness at Thy side.

Thine an­ger like a point­ed dart

Shall pierce the foes of stub­born heart;

Or words of mer­cy

kind and sweet

Shall melt the re­bels at Thy feet.

Thy throne

O God

for ev­er stands

Grace is the scep­ter in Thy hands;

Thy laws and works are just and right

Justice and grace are Thy de­light.

God

Thine own God

has rich­ly shed

His oil of glad­ness on Thy head

And with His sac­red Spir­it blest

His first­born Son ab­ove the rest.