Jesus, what a friend for sinners

“When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your consolations delight my soul” (Psalm 94:19).

Jesus! What a friend for sinners! 

Jesus! Lover of my soul;

Friends may fail me, foes assail me, 

He, my Saviour, makes me whole.

[refrain] Hallelujah! what a Saviour! Hallelujah, what a friend!

Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.

Jesus! what a strength in weakness!

 Let me hid myself in Him;

Tempted, tired, and sometimes failing, 

He, my strength, my vict’ry wins.

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.

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.

Jesus! I do now receive You, more than all I You I find.

You have granted me forgiveness, I am Yours, and You are mine.

Jesus! I do now receive You, more than all in You I find,

You have granted me forgiveness, I am Yours, and You are mine.