Verse 1
Jesu, lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high:
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, (Ps. 17:8, Ps. 27:5, Ps. 32:7)
Till the storm of life is past: (Ps. 107:29)
Safe into the haven guide; (Ps. 107:30)
O receive my soul at last.

Verse 2
Other refuge have I none, (Ps. 18:2, Ps. 46: 1, Heb. 6:18-19)
Hangs my helpless soul on thee:
Leave, ah! Leave me not alone, (Heb. 13:5, Deut. 31:6)
Still support, and comfort me. (Ps. 94:18)
All my trust on thee is stay’d; (Prov. 3:5, Isa. 26:3)
All my help from thee I bring; (Ps. 121:2)
Cover my defenceless head,
With the shadow of thy wing. (Ps. 91:1-4, Ruth 2:12, Ps. 17:8, Ps. 36:7, Ps. 57:1, Ps. 63:7)

Verse 3
Wilt thou not regard my call?
Wilt thou not accept my prayer?
Lo! I sink, I faint, I fall— (Matt. 14:30)
Lo! On thee I cast my care: (I Pet. 5:7, Ps. 55:22)
Reach me out thy gracious hand! (Ps. 138:7, Matt. 14:31)
While I of thy strength receive, (Isa. 40:29)
Hoping against hope I stand, (Rom. 4:18)
Dying, and behold I live! (II Cor. 6:9)

Verse 4
Thou, O Christ, art all I want,
More than all in thee I find:
Raise the fallen, chear the faint, (Ps. 145:14)
Heal the sick, and lead the blind, (Isa. 35:5-6, Matt. 4:23, Matt. 11:5, Luke 4:18)
Just, and holy is thy name,
I am all unrighteousness,
False, and full of sin I am, (Isa. 6:5)
Thou art full of truth, and grace. (John 1:14)

Verse 5
Plenteous grace with thee is found,
Grace to cover all my sin: (Ps. 32:1)
Let the healing streams abound,
Make, and keep me pure within: (Ps. 51:2)
Thou of life the fountain art: (Ps. 36:9, Jer. 17:13, John 4:10-14, Rev. 21:6)
Freely let me take of thee, (Rev. 22:17)
Spring thou up within my heart, (John 4:14, John 7:38)
Rise to all eternity!