Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Psalm 38:22
Words: Fanny Crosby, in The Gospel Choir No. 2, by Ira Sankey, James McGranahan & George C. Stebbins (Toronto, Canada: Copp, Clark, 1895), number 1.
Music: Help Me Ira D. Sankey (🔊 pdf nwc).
Help me, O Lord,
The God of my salvation;
I have no hope, no refuge but in Thee;
Help me to make
This perfect consecration,
In life or death
Thine evermore to be.
Help me, O Lord,
To keep my pledge unbroken;
Guard Thou my ways,
My thoughts, my tongue, my heart;
Help me to trust
The word which Thou hast spoken,
That from Thy paths
My feet may ne’er depart.
Help me, O Lord,
When sore temptations press me;
O lift the clouds
That hide Thee from my sight;
Help me, O Lord,
When anxious cares distress me,
To look beyond,
Where all is calm and bright.
Help me, O Lord,
My strength is only weakness;
Thine, Thine the power
By which alone I live;
Help me each day,
To bear the cross with meekness,
Till Thou at last
The promised crown shalt give.