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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