O GOD, thy faithfulness I plead! My present help in time of need, My great...

O GOD, thy faithfulness I plead! My present help in time of need, My great Deliverer thou! Haste to my aid, thine ear incline, And rescue this poor soul of mine, I claim the promise now!

Where is the way? Ah, show me where, That I thy mercy may declare, The power that sets me free: How can I my destruction shun? How can I from my nature run? Answer, O God, for me!

One only way the erring mind Of man, short-sighted man, can find, From inbred sin to fly; Stronger than love, I fondly thought, Death, only death can cut the knot, Which love cannot untie.

But thou, O Lord, art full of grace; Thy love can find a thousand ways To foolish man unknown; My soul upon thy love I cast, I rest me, till the storm is past, Upon thy love alone.

Thy faithful, wise, and mighty love Shall every stumbling-block remove, And make an open way; Thy love shall burst the shades of death, And bear me from the gulf beneath, To everlasting day.