Voices Together ‎#621

621. My Hope Is Built

1 My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

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

2 In ev’ry rough and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the vale.
When all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

3 Not earth, nor hell, my soul can move;
I rest upon unchanging love.
I trust his righteous character,
his counsel, promise, and his pow’r. [Refrain]

4 When he shall come with trumpet sound,
oh, may I then in him be found,
dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My hope is built on nothing less
• Title: My Hope Is Built
• Author: Edward Mote (ca. 1834)
• Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand
• Meter: LM with refrain
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Matthew 7:24-27
  ;
  Mark 13:1-13
  ;
  Luke 13:1-5
  ;
  Luke 21:5-19
• Topic: Confessing Faith; Faith; Hope; Jesus Christ: Second Coming of; Name of Jesus; Reign of Christ; Salvation
• Source: Hymns of Praise: A New Selection of Gospel Hymns, 1836, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: SOLID ROCK
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1863)
• Meter: LM with refrain
• Key: G Major
• Source: Devotional Hymn and Tune Book, 1864