What Though I Cannot Break My Chain Augustus Toplady (1740-1778)

ARLINGTON (C.M.) Thomas A. Arne (1710-1778) Alternate tunes: 1 | 2

What though I can-not break my chain
   Or e'er throw off my load
The things im-pos-si-ble to men
   Are pos-si-ble to God.

Who, who shall in thy pres-ence stand,
   Or match Om-ni-po-tence;
Un-fold the grasp of thy right hand
   And pluck the sin-ner thence?

Faith to be healed I fain would have,
   O might it now be given;
Thou canst, Thou canst the sin-ner save,
   And make me meet for heaven.

Bound down with twice ten thou-sand ties,
   Yet let me hear Thy call;
My soul in con-fi-dence shall rise,
   Shall rise and break through all.

Thou canst o'er-come this heart of mine,
   Thou wilt vic-tor-ious prove;
For ev-er-last-ing strength is Thine,
   And ev-er-last-ing love.