Text: | When in the Hour of Utmost Need |
Author: | Paul Eber |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN |
1 When in the hour of utmost need
We know not where to look for aid;
When days and nights of anxious thought
Nor help nor counsel yet have brought,
2 Then this our comfort is alone,
That we may meet before Thy throne
And cry, O faithful God, to Thee
For rescue from our misery;
3 To Thee may raise our hearts and eyes,
Repenting sore with bitter sighs,
And seek Thy pardon for our sin
And respite from our griefs within.
4 For Thou hast promised graciously
To hear all those who cry to Thee
Thro' Him whose name alone is great,
Our Savior and our Advocate.
5 And thus we come, O God, today
And all our woes before Thee lay;
For sorely tried, cast down, we stand,
Perplexed by fears on every hand.
6 Ah! hide not for our sins Thy face,
Absolve us thro' Thy boundless grace,
Be with us in our anguish still;
Free us at last from every ill,
7 That so with all our hearts we may
To Thee our glad thanksgiving pay,
Then walk obedient to Thy Word
And now and ever praise Thee, Lord.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When in the hour of utmost need |
Title: | When in the Hour of Utmost Need |
German Title: | Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1858, alt.) |
Author: | Paul Eber (1560) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1941 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Cross and Comfort |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | "Genevan Psalter," 1547 |