The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
Psalm 18:2
Words: Birdie Bell, in Singing for Joy, edited by Anthony J. Showalter & John D. Patton (Dalton, Georgia: Anthony J. Showalter, 1902).
Music: Benghazi Andrew J. Robertson (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Bell (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Robertson,
I’m standing on the Rock of Ages,
What matter if the rough winds blow?
I’m fearing not the storms which gather,
There’s safety in the Lord I know.
Refrain
I’m standing on the Rock of Ages,
In safety I may here abide;
The surging waves will not o’erwhelm me,
I’m fearing neither wind or tide.
I’m standing on the Rock of Ages,
The angry winds go sweeping by;
No storm can shake the rock beneath me,
I’m singing as the waves dash high.
Refrain
I’m standing on the Rock of Ages,
Though billows in their fury roll,
I’m trusting in the Lord forever,
No tempest can affright my soul.
Refrain