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The only Refuge in Time of Trouble.
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Paul Eber. 1511-1569.
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: | 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: | 181 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: | 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. | And thus we come, O God, to-day, And all our woes before Thee lay, For tried, forsaken, lo! we stand, Perils and foes on every hand. | 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. | That so with all our hearts we may Once more our glad thanksgivings pay, And walk obedient to Thy word, And now and ever praise the Lord. | |