The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalm 62:7
Words: Fanny Crosby, 1900. Appeared in Gems of Song, edited by Ira D. Sankey & Hubert Main (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1901), number 75. Some hymnals give the author as Grace J. Frances, one of Fanny’s pseudonyms.
Music: Hubert Hubert P. Main (🔊 pdf nwc).
’Mid the wild and fearful blast,
I have reached the Rock at last;
Helpless, weak and sore dismayed,
To the cross I’ll cling for aid.
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Blessèd Rock,
whose love divine,
Fills with joy this heart of mine;
Cross of Him who died for me,
Evermore I’ll cling to Thee.
Wrecked by sin, by tempest tossed,
Compass, chart and anchor lost;
He whose power alone can save,
Lulls the wind and stills the wave.
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Rock, that hides my trembling soul
From the storms that darkly roll;
While beneath the surges dash,
Thunders roar, and lightnings flash.
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When beyond the vale of night
I shall soar to realms of light;
When mine eyes behold the King,
Heart and soul and tongue shall sing.
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