The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11592

11592. Let Me But Hear My Savior Say

1 Let me but hear my Savior say,
"Strength shall be equal to thy day";
Then I rejoice in deep distress,
Leaning on all-sufficient grace.

2 I glory in infirmity,
That Christ’s own power may rest on me;
When I am weak, then am I strong,
Grace is my shield, and Christ my song.

3 I can do all things, or can bear
All suff’rings, if my Lord be there;
Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains
While His left hand my head sustains.

4 But if the Lord be once withdrawn,
And we attempt the work alone;
When new temptations spring and rise,
We find how great our weakness is.

5 So Samson, when his hair was lost,
Met the Philistines to his cost;
Shook his vain limbs with sad surprise,
Made feeble fight, and lost his eyes.

Text Information

• First Line: Let me but hear my Savior say
• Title: Let Me But Hear My Savior Say
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs Book 1, 1707
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: DWIGHT
• Composer: Joseph Perry Holbrook (1868)
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Songs for the Sanctuary, by Charles S. Robinson (New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1868)
• Copyright: Public Domain