Hymns of the Lutheran Church

236 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 clouds and darkness veil His 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 whelming flood; When all around my soul 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 He shall come, with trumpet sound, O may I then in Him be found! Clothed 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

Author
Ed. Mote, 1834

Tune Information

Name
St. Mark
Meter
8s. 6l.
Source
J. W. Elliott, b. 1833