I trust, O Christ in you alone    

1) I trust, O Christ, in you alone;
no earthly hope avails me.
You will not see me overthrown
when Satan’s host assails me.
No human strength, no earthly pow’r
can see me through the evil hour,
for you alone my strength renew.
I cry to you!
I trust, O Lord, your promise true.

2) My sin and guilt are plaguing me;
oh, grant me true contrition
and, by your death upon the tree,
your pardon and remission.
Before the Father’s throne above
recall your matchless deed of love
that he may lift my dreadful load,
O Son of God!
I plead the grace your death bestowed.

3) Confirm in us your gospel, Lord,
your promise of salvation.
And make us keen to hear your word
and follow our vocation:
to spend our lives in love for you,
to bear each other’s burdens, too.
And then, at last, when death shall loom,
O Savior, come,
and bear your loved ones safely home.