Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#385

385. My hope is built on nothing less

1 My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' Blood and righteousness;
No merit of my own I claim,
But wholly lean on Jesus' Name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness veils his lovely face
I rest on his unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain]

3 His oath, his covenant, his Blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

4 When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found,
Clothed in his righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My hope is built on nothing less
• Author: Edward Mote, 1787 - 1874
• Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Life in Christ: Repentance and Faith

Tune Information

• Name: MELITA
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823 - 76
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 8 8.
• Key: C Major