SON of God, if thy free grace
Again hath raised me up,
Call’d me still to seek thy face,
And given me back my hope;
Still thy timely help afford,
And all thy lovingkindness show:
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go!

2 By me, O my Saviour, stand,
In sore temptation’s hour;
Save me with thine outstretch’d hand.
And show forth all thy power
O be mindful of thy word;
Thy all-sufficient grace bestow
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.

3 Give me, Lord, a holy fear,
And fix it in my heart
That I may from evil near
With timely care depart;
Sin be more than hell abhorr’d:
Till thou destroy the tyrant foe,
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.

4 Never let me leave thy breast,
From thee, my Saviour, stray;
Thou art my Support and Rest,
My true and living Way;
My exceeding great Reward,
In heaven above, and earth below
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)