Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#498

498. 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 O, 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;

6 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 the Lord.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: When in the hour of utmost need
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858. a)
• Author: Paul Eber (1560)
• Author: Joachim Camerarius (before 1546)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: National
• Source: Based on a Hymn of Joachim Camerarius, before 1546

Tune Information

• Name: COMMANDMENTS
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois (1547)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: g minor