Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#259

259. My hope is built on nothing less

1 My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness:
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

3 His oath, His covenant, and blood,
Support me in the sinking flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

4 When shall I launch to worlds unseen,
O may I then be found in Him,
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

Text Information

• First Line: My hope is built on nothing less
• Author: Edward Mote (1836)
• Meter: L. M. Six lines No. 6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: Justification; Sunday after New Year's; Fourth Sunday in Lent; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate Tune: ST. CATHERINE, #237

Tune Information

• Name: CONFIDENCE
• Composer: Albert D. Liefeld (1903)
• Meter: L. M. Six lines No. 6
• Key: E♭ Major