On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand

Hymn Title : My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

Author : Edward Mote (1834)

Verse 1

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness; 

I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. 

Refrain

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand: 

all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand.

Verse 2

When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace; 

in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain] 

Verse 3

His oath, his covenant, his blood, support me in the whelming flood; 

when all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

Verse 4

When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found: 

dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain]

Bible Verses for Thought : 

"The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."  - Psalm 18:2

"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God." - Psalm 42:11