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O Safe to the Rock That Is Higher Than I

W. O. Cushing (1876) • English

Primary Scripture: Exodus 33:21-22

Verse 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.

Chorus

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

Verse 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.

Chorus

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

Verse 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.

Chorus

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

Scripture References

Reference 1

  • exodus 33:21-22

Reference 2

  • psalms 27:4-5

Reference 3

  • psalms 31:1-15

Reference 4

  • psalms 32:7

Reference 5

  • psalms 61:1-2

Reference 6

  • psalms 64:22

Reference 7

  • psalms 94:22

Reference 8

  • psalms 119:18

Reference 9

  • psalms 143:9

Reference 10

  • revelation 21:3-4