O Savior, Rescue Me

L. F. Cole • English

Primary Scripture: Matthew 14:30

Verse 1

Driven on by angry tempest, Toss’d by waves that mount the sea, Listen to my earnest pleading, Quick, O savior, rescue me.

Chorus

List, O Savior, to my pleading, Rising up thro’ storm to thee; Quick, come quickly thro’ the darkness, Quick, O Savior, rescue me.

Verse 2

Close the heavens, shut in darkness, Not a star in all the sky; Oh, relentless winds and waters! To my rescue, Savior, fly.

Chorus

List, O Savior, to my pleading, Rising up thro’ storm to thee; Quick, come quickly thro’ the darkness, Quick, O Savior, rescue me.

Verse 3

Still the waves go sweeping onward, Still they leap to cover me, Still the winds ride on in fury; Quick, O Lord, my Savior, be.

Chorus

List, O Savior, to my pleading, Rising up thro’ storm to thee; Quick, come quickly thro’ the darkness, Quick, O Savior, rescue me.

Verse 4

Can it be that one thus driven To despair and agony, Shall look up in vain to heaven, Vainly lift his pleading cry?

Chorus

List, O Savior, to my pleading, Rising up thro’ storm to thee; Quick, come quickly thro’ the darkness, Quick, O Savior, rescue me.

Scripture References

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