Trinity Psalter Hymnal ‎#456

456. Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!

1 Jesus! what a Friend for sinners!
Jesus! lover of my soul;
friends may fail me, foes assail me,
he, my Savior, makes me whole.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Hallelujah, what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
he is with me to the end.

2 Jesus! what a strength in weakness!
Let me hide myself in him;
tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,
he, my strength, my vict'ry wins. [Refrain]

3 Jesus! what a help in sorrow!
While the billows o'er me roll,
even when my heart is breaking,
he, my comfort, helps my soul. [Refrain]

4 Jesus! what a guide and keeper!
While the tempest still is high,
storms about me, night o'ertakes me,
he, my pilot, hears my cry. [Refrain]

5 Jesus! I do now receive him,
more than all in him I find;
he hath granted me forgiveness,
I am his, and he is mine. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus! what a Friend for sinners!
• Title: Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!
• Author: J. Wilbur Chapman (1910)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2018
• Scripture:
  Psalm 42:5-8
  ;
  Isaiah 1:18
  ;
  Matthew 11:19
  ;
  Luke 7:34
  ;
  John 15:12-15
• Topic: Christ: As Comforter; Christ: As Friend; Christ: Praise of; Christ: As Refuge; Faith

Tune Information

• Name: HYFRYDOL
• Composer: Rowland Hugh Pritchard (1830)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Key: F Major or modal