Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: The billows swell the winds are high
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Daniel Read
Meter: LM
Tune: Windham
Hymn Number: 634
Page Number: 231, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe billows swell, the winds are high;
Clouds o-ver-cast my wint'ry sky;
Out of the depths to thee I call;
My fears are great, my strength is small.
O Lord, the pilot's part perform,
And guide and guard me through the storm;
Defend me from each threatening ill:
Control the waves; say, "Peace! be still."
Amid the roaring of the sea,
My soul still hangs her hope on thee;
Thy constant love, thy faithful care,
Is all that saves me from despair.
Though tempest-tossed and half a wreck,
My Savior through the floods I seek:
Let neither winds nor stormy main
Force back my shattered bark again.