Classic Christian Hymns · Public-domain text

The Solid Rock (My Hope Is Built)

Edward Mote · 1834

Source: Hymns of Praise

Stanza 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.

Stanza 2

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

Stanza 3

When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.

Stanza 4

His oath, his covenant, his blood,
support me in the whelming flood;
when all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.

Stanza 5

When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found:
dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne.