Rock of Ages

Verse 1
Rock of Ag­es, cleft for me, (Isa. 26:4)
Let me hide my­self in Thee; (Ex. 33:21-22, Ps. 62:6-7, Ps. 94:22, Col. 3:3)
Let the wa­ter and the blood,
From Thy wound­ed side which flowed, (John 19:34)
Be of sin the dou­ble cure;
Save from wrath and make me pure. (Rom. 5:9, Tit. 2:14)

Verse 2
Not the la­bor of my hands
Can ful­fill Thy law’s de­mands; (Rom. 3:20, Gal. 2:16, Eph. 2:8-9, Tit. 3:5)
Could my zeal no res­pite know,
Could my tears for­ev­er flow,
All for sin could not atone;
Thou must save, and Thou alone. (Acts 4:12, Eph. 2:8-9)

Verse 3
Nothing in my hand I bring, (Phil. 3:7-9)
Simply to the cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress; (Rev. 3:17-18, Isa. 61:10, Zech. 3:3-4)
Helpless look to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fount­ain fly; (Zech. 13:1)
Wash me, Sav­ior, or I die. (Ps. 51:2, Ps. 51:7, Isa. 1:18, I Cor. 6:11, I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5)

Verse 4
While I draw this fleet­ing breath, (Ps. 39:4-5, James 4:14, Job 14:1-2)
When mine eyes shall close in death,[1]
When I soar to worlds un­known,
See Thee on Thy judg­ment throne, (Matt. 25:31-32, Rom. 14:10, II Cor. 5:10, Rev. 20:11-12)
Rock of Ag­es, cleft for me,
Let me hide my­self in Thee.

[1] Originally “When my eye-strings break in death”