When in the Hour of Utmost Need

Verse 1

When in the hour of utmost need we know not where to look for aid, when days and nights of anxious thought no help or counsel yet have brought.

Verse 2

Then is our comfort this alone that we may meet before your throne; to you, O faithful God, we cry for rescue from our misery.

Verse 3

For you have promised, Lord, to heed your children's cries in time of need through him whose name alone is great, our Savior and our advocate.

Verse 4

And so we come, O God, today and all our woes before you lay; be with us in our anguish still, free us at last from ev'ry ill.

Verse 5

So that with all our hearts we may to you our glad thanksgiving pay, then walk obedient to your Word and now and ever praise you, Lord.