When my soul is bowed down in the dark­ness,
With tri­als and temp­ta­tion and woe,
When no mor­tal can com­fort or cheer me,
To whom in that hour shall I go?

Refrain

Jesus will list­en to me, Je­sus will list­en to me,
When, with bur­dens break­ing, my heart is ach­ing,
Then Je­sus will list­en to me.

When my friends and my trust­ed ones leave me,
Then, shroud­ed in sor­row and fear,
All alone in the midst of earth’s con­flict,
I still have a list­en­ing ear.

Refrain

When my heart and my life have grown wea­ry,
With fail­ure and trou­ble and loss,
I may still ask for help and for com­fort
From hands that were nailed to the cross.

Refrain

When I find that my life’s day is end­ing,
And sha­dows of ev­en­tide fall,
When I en­ter the dark, lone­ly val­ley,
Ah, then up­on whom shall I call?

Refrain