Rock of Ages, cleft for me!
I am hidden safe in Thee:
For the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flow’d,
Have-of sin the double cure
Cleans’d me from its guilt and pow’r.

Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill the law’s demands:
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone
Thou must save, and Thou alone!

Nothing in my hand to bring,
Simply to Thy cross to cling,
Naked came I, Lord, for dress,
Helpless, looked to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fount did fly,
Thou hast washed me, brought me nigh.

While I draw this fleeting breath
Though my eyelids close in death
When I rise to worlds unknown
See Thee on Thy judgment-throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me!
I am hidden safe in Thee!