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| Text: | When in the Hour of Utmost Need |
| Author: | Paul Eber, 1511-1569 |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 |
| Tune: | WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN SEIN |
| Composer: | Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-c. 1561 |
1 When in the hour of utmost need
we know not where to look for aid,
when days and nights of anxious thought
no help or counsel yet have brought.
2 Then is our comfort this alone
that we may meet before your throne;
to you, O faithful God, we cry
for rescue from our misery.
3 For you have promised, Lord, to heed
your children's cries in time of need
through him whose name alone is great,
our Savior and our advocate.
4 And so we come, O God, today
and all our woes before you lay;
be with us in our anguish still,
free us at last from ev'ry ill.
5 So that with all our hearts we may
to you our glad thanksgiving pay,
then walk obedient to your Word
and now and ever praise you, Lord.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | When in the hour of utmost need |
| Title: | When in the Hour of Utmost Need |
| Author: | Paul Eber, 1511-1569 (abr.) |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 (alt.) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; |
| Topic: | Prayer |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN SEIN |
| Composer: | Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-c. 1561 |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Source: | Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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