O help us, Lord; each hour of need

Verse 1

O help us, Lord! each hour of need thy heavenly succour give; help us in thought and word and deed each hour one earth we live.

Verse 2

O help us, when our spirits bleed with contrite anguish sore and when our hearts are cold and dead, O help us, Lord, the more.

Verse 3

O help us, through the prayer of faith more firmly to believe; for still the more the servant hath, the more shall he receive.

Verse 4

O help us, Jesu, from on high: we know no help but thee. O help us so to live and die as thine in heaven to be.