What Though I Cannot Break My Chain

What though I can­not break my chain

Or e’er throw off my load

The things im­pos­si­ble to men

Are pos­si­ble to God.

Who

who shall in Thy pre­sence stand

Or match om­ni­po­tence;

Unfold the grasp of Thy right hand

And pluck the sin­ner thence?

Faith to be healed I fain would have

O might it now be giv­en;

Thou canst

thou canst the sin­ner save

And make me meet for Heav’n.

Bound down with twice ten thou­sand ties

Yet let me hear Thy call;

My soul in con­fi­dence shall rise

Shall rise and break through all.

Thou canst o’er­come this heart of mine

Thou wilt vic­tor­ious prove;

For ev­er­last­ing strength is Thine

And ev­er­last­ing love.