Hiding in Thee

Hiding in Thee

Text written in 1876 by William O. Cushing (1823-1902)

Music composed in 1876 by Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908)

Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

V. 1 O safe to the Rock that is higher than I,

My soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly;

So sinful, so weary, Thine, Thine would I be;

Thou blest "Rock of Ages," I'm hiding in Thee.

Psalm 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Refrain: Hiding in Thee,

Hiding in Thee,

Thou blest "Rock of Ages,"

I'm hiding in Thee.

V. 2 In the calm of the noontide, in sorrow's lone hour,

In times when temptation casts o'er me its power;

In the tempests of life, on its wide, heaving sea,

Thou blest "Rock of Ages," I'm hiding in Thee.

Refrain

Psalm 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

V. 3 How oft in the conflict, when pressed by the foe,

I have fled to my Refuge and breathed out my woe;

How often, when trials like sea billows roll,

Have I hidden in Thee, O Thou Rock of my soul.

Refrain