Jesu, Saviour, since that Thou

Camest once from heaven,

Come, oh come to aid me now,

For I long have striven.

Fear and pain assail me sore,

I can bear and do no more;

Save me from this bitterness

Ere it slay me with distress.

"Thou loving Jesu Christ, who once as man wast born,

I too am but a man, ah! leave me not forlorn;

Fear hath overwhelmed my soul: O help me! Saviour, save!

I sink, as sinks a ship beneath the engulphing wave."