Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#288

288. I know whom I believe in

1 I know whom I believe in,
I know what firm abides,
When all around me fading
Away like vapor glides.
I know what lasts forever,
When all things shake and fall,
When wit the wise forsaketh,
And craft doth craft forestall.

2 It is the Light of Glory;
It is my Jesus, King;
It is the Rock I stand on;
It is of this I sing.
He never more shall fail me,
Deliv'rer, Shepherd mine,
He lighteth all my darkness,
He makes my path to shine.

3 He whom blood-stained they buried
In the still twilight hour,
He whom God waked from slumber,
He who arose in power:
He for my guilt atoneth,
To me His Spirit gives,
Me with His grace He crowneth:
I live because He lives.

4 I know what I believe in,
I know what standeth fast,
And what, when earth shall crumble,
Uncrumbled, still shall last;
Through sorrow it bides with me,
Mine when to death I bow,
In heaven it will assure me
A crown to deck my brow.

Text Information

• First Line: I know whom I believe in
• Author: Ernst Moritz Arndt (1818)
• Meter: No. 13
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: The Redeemer; Sixth Sunday after Epiphany; First Sunday after Easter; Eleventh Sunday after Trinity; Third Sunday of Advent
• Notes: Now Public Domain. From the German text: Ich weiss, an wen ich glaube

Tune Information

• Name: WEBB (Goodwin)
• Composer: George James Webb (1837)
• Meter: No. 13
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.