Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The billows swell the winds are high
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> Cowper
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 857
Page Number: 505, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe billows swell, the winds are high;
Clouds overcast my wintry 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 thro' 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.
Tho' tempest-tossed and half a wreck,
My Saviour through the floods I seek:
Let neither winds nor stormy main
Force back my shattered bark again.