A present help in trouble

Verse 1
A present help in trouble
Whene’er our wants require,
When danger’s nigh, To Christ we cry,
And find him always nigher:
No storms or tempests hinder
Our God’s communication,
Who every where Displays his care,
And shews us his salvation.

Verse 2
With trembling crouds surrounded,
With horror and dejection,
Thee, Jesus, Thee By faith we see,
And rest in thy protection:
More than an host of angels
Thy promise to deliver
Comforts our hearts, And strength imparts
And life that lasts forever.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘For there stood by me this night the angel of God.’—[Acts 27,] v. 23." This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 438.
Publishing: Public Domain