Works of art that mention ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) are extremely rare. One such work is the poem «Wrestling Jacob» (Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown) by Charles Wesley.
Wrestling Jacob
1. Come, O Thou
Traveler unknown,
Whom still I hold, but cannot see;
My Company before is gone,
And I am left alone with Thee.
With Thee all night I mean to stay
And wrestle till the Break of Day.
2. I need not
tell Thee who I am,
My Misery, or Sin, declare;
Thyself hast call’d me by my Name,
Look on Thy Hand and read it there.
But who, I ask Thee, who art Thou?
Tell me Thy Name, and tell me now!
3. In vain Thou
strugglest to get free,
I never will unloose my Hold;
Art Thou the Man that died for me?
The secret of Thy Love unfold;
Wrestling I will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy Name, Thy Nature know.
4. Wilt Thou not
yet to me reveal
Thy new, unutterable Name?
Tell me, I still beseech Thee, tell,
To know it Now resolv’d I am;
Wrestling I will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy Name, Thy Nature know.
5. ’Tis all in
vain to hold Thy Tongue,
Or touch the Hollow of my Thigh;
Though every Sinew be unstrung,
Out of my Arms Thou shalt not fly.
Wrestling I will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy Name, Thy Nature know.
6. What tho’ my
shrinking Flesh complain,
And murmur to contend so long,
I rise superior to my Pain;
When I am weak then I am strong.
And when my All of Strength shall fail,
I shall with the God-man prevail.
7. My Strength
is gone, my Nature dies,
I sink beneath Thy weighty Hand,
Faint to revive, and fall to rise;
I fall, and yet by Faith I stand,
I stand, and will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy Name, Thy Nature know.
8. Yield to me Now—for
I am weak;
But confident in Self-despair:
Speak to my Heart, in Blessing speak,
Be conquer’d by my Instant Prayer;
Speak, or Thou never hence shalt move,
And tell me if Thy Name is Love.
9. ’Tis Love,
’tis Love! Thou diedst for Me,
I hear Thy Whisper in my Heart.
The Morning breaks, the Shadows flee:
Pure Universal Love Thou art;
To me, to All Thy Bowels move,
Thy Nature, and Thy Name is Love.
10. My Prayer
hath Power with God; the Grace
Unspeakable I now receive,
Thro’ Faith I see Thee Face to Face,
I see Thee Face to Face, and live;
In vain I have not wept, and strove,
Thy Nature, and Thy Name is Love.
11. I know Thee,
Savior, who Thou art,
Jesus, the feeble sinner’s Friend;
Nor wilt Thou with the Night depart,
But stay, and love me to the End;
Thy Mercies never shall remove,
Thy Nature, and Thy Name is Love.
12. The Sun of
Righteousness on Me
Hath rise with Healing in his Wings,
Wither’d my Nature’s Strength; from Thee
My Soul its Life and Succor brings,
My Help is all laid up above;
Thy Nature and Thy Name is Love.
13. Contented
now upon my Thigh
I halt, till Life’s short journey end;
All Helplessness, all Weakness I,
On Thee alone for Strength depend,
Nor have I Power from Thee to move;
Thy Nature, and Thy Name is Love.
14. Lame as I
am, I take the Prey,
Hell, Earth, and Sin with Ease o’ercome;
I leap for Joy, pursue my Way,
And as a bounding Hart fly home,
Through all Eternity to prove
Thy Nature and Thy Name is Love.
(1742WesleyJ_WesleyC;115-118)
External links
Wesley J, Wesley C. Hymns and Sacred Poems. Bristol:
Felix Farley, 1742. archive.org
Authors & Affiliations
Charles Wesley (1707-1788), was an English Anglican cleric, hymnwriter. wikipedia.org
Charles Wesley
Portrait by John Russell & Magnus Manske;
original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, no changes).
Commentary
The poem is written based on the verses of the 32nd
chapter of the Book of Genesis (32:24-33).
24 And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over what he had.
25 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
26 And when he saw that he could not pre vail against him, he struck against the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was put out of joint, as he was wrestling with him.
27 And he said, Let me go, for the day hath dawned. And he said, I will not let thee go until thou hast blessed me.
28 And he said unto him. What is thy name ? and he said, Jacob.
29 And he said, Not Jacob shall any more be called thy name, but Israel ; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
30 And Jacob asked him, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there.
31 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniёl : for I have seen an angel of God face to face, and my life hath been preserved.
32 And the sun rose unto him as he passed by Penuёl, and he halted upon his thigh.
33 Therefore do the children of Israel not eat the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he struck against the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew that shrank. (from 1922LeeserI)
Leeser I. The twenty-four books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, on the basis of the English version after the best Jewish authorities and supplied with short explanatory notes by Isaac Leeser. New York: Bloch Pub. Co., 1922. [archive.org]
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