What is the context?
This invitation follows praise of God as King and Creator. The worshipers are asked to bring their bodies into an act of reverence.
The next verse names them as His people and flock, and the following warning calls them to listen. The posture belongs within that relationship.
The single verse should therefore remain joined to the whole song. Bowing is not a substitute for hearing the One being worshiped.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley keeps the invitation within the care God gives His people. The text names worship, bowing, and kneeling together, so its bodily language should not be reduced to spectatorship or musical preference alone.
What is our position?
Our study reads this invitation as active, embodied reverence. Bowing and kneeling express the worshiper’s whole self before the Maker; worship calls for participation and allegiance.