Lutheran Service Book ‎#615

615. When in the Hour of Deepest Need

1 When in the hour of deepest need
We know not where to look for aid;
When days and nights of anxious thought
No help or counsel yet have brought.

2 Then is our comfort this alone
That we may meet before Your throne;
To You, O faithful God, we cry
For rescue from our misery.

3 For You have promised, Lord, to heed
Your children's cries in time of need
Through Him whose name alone is great,
Our Savior and our advocate.

4 And so we come, O God, today
And all our woes before You lay;
For sorely tried, cast down, we stand,
Perplexed by fears on ev'ry hand.

5 O from our sins, Lord, turn Your face;
Absolve us through Your boundless grace.
Be with us in our anguish still;
Free us at last from ev'ry ill.

6 So we with all our hearts each day
To You our glad thanksgiving pay,
Then walk obedient to Your Word,
And now and ever praise You, Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: When in the hour of deepest need
• Title: When in the Hour of Deepest Need
• Author: Paul Eber, 1511-69
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 (alt. )
• Meter: L M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  Psalm 102:1-2
  ;
  Psalm 25:15-22
  ;
  Romans 9:17-19
  ;
  Micah 7:7
• Topic: Confession and Absolution

Tune Information

• Name: WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN SEIN
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-c. 1561
• Meter: L M
• Key: F Major
• Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Setting)