The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#575

575. When in the Hour of Utmost Need

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,
Through Him whose Name alone is great,
Our Saviour and our Advocate.

5 And thus we come, O God, to-day,
And all our woes before Thee lay;
For tried, afflicted, lo! we stand,
Peril and foes on every hand.

6 Ah, hide not for our sins Thy face;
Absolve us through 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,
And walk obedient to Thy Word,
And now and ever praise Thee, Lord.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: When in the hour of utmost need
• Title: When in the Hour of Utmost Need
• Author: Paul Eber (1560)
• Translator: Miss Catherine Winkworth
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Topic: Occasional: For a Day of Humiliation; A Day of Humiliation; National Humiliation

Tune Information

• Name: ERHALT UNS, HERR, BEI DEINEM WORT
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: e minor
• Source: Joseph Klug's Geistliche Lieder, 1543.