Our Great Savior
J. Wilbur Chapman (1910) • English
Primary Scripture: Psalm 17:8
Verse 1
Jesus! what a Friend for sinners! Jesus! Lover of my soul; Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole.
Chorus
Hallelujah! what a Savior! Hallelujah! what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.
Verse 2
Jesus! what a Strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in him; Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, He, my strength, my vict'ry wins.
Chorus
Hallelujah! what a Savior! Hallelujah! what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.
Verse 3
Jesus! what a Help in sorrow! While the billows o'er me roll, Even when my heart is breaking, He, my Comfort, helps my soul.
Chorus
Hallelujah! what a Savior! Hallelujah! what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.
Verse 4
Jesus! what a Guide and Keeper! While the tempest still is high, Storms about me, night o'ertakes me, He, my Pilot, hears my cry.
Chorus
Hallelujah! what a Savior! Hallelujah! what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.
Verse 5
Jesus! I do now receive him, More than all in him I find, He hath granted me forgiveness, I am his, and he is mine.
Chorus
Hallelujah! what a Savior! Hallelujah! what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.
Scripture References
Reference 1
- psalms 17:8
Reference 2
- psalms 27:5
Reference 3
- psalms 32:7
Reference 4
- psalms 42:5-8
Reference 5
- psalms 143:9
Reference 6
- isaiah 1:18
Reference 7
- matthew 9:10
Reference 8
- matthew 11:19
Reference 9
- luke 7:34
Reference 10
- luke 8:24