Author: Augustus M Toplady 1740-78
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
hide me now, my refuge be;
let the water and the blood
from your wounded side which flowed,
be for sin the double cure:
cleanse me from its guilt and power.
2. Not the labours of my hands
can fulfil your law’s demands;
could my zeal no respite know,
could my tears for ever flow,
all for sin could not atone:
you must save and you alone.
3. Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to your cross I cling;
naked, come to you for dress,
helpless, look to you for grace;
stained by sin, to you I cry:
‘Wash me, Saviour, or I die!’
4. While I draw this fleeting breath,
when my eyelids close in death,
when I soar through realms unknown,
bow before your judgement throne:
hide me then, my refuge be,
Rock of ages, cleft for me.
Scriptures: Jonah 2:9, Psalms 94:22, Psalms 143:9, Psalms 18:2, Revelation 20:11, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Ezra 9:15, Romans 3:20, Romans 3:24-25, Galatians 2:16, Psalms 59:16, Acts 22:16, 1 Corinthians 10:4, Hebrews 10:23, Acts 15:11, Isaiah 26:4, Psalms 46:1, John 19:34, Revelation 3:17-18, 2 Timothy 1:9, 2 Samuel 22:3, Jeremiah 16:19, Psalms 7:17, Mark 5:15, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, Romans 5:6, Romans 14:10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Isaiah 55:1, Leviticus 16:30, 1 John 5:6, Isaiah 17:10, Leviticus 13, Leviticus 14, Job 40:4, Psalms 27:5, Romans 3:27-28, Hebrews 11:11, Exodus 33:22, 2:14, Isaiah 49:2, Ezekiel 16:9, Ezekiel 36:25, John 13:6-10, Revelation 4:2
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