sinking In the deep and bitter flood: Have mer-cy, O Lord! 2 While in midst of death we be, Holy and mighty God! Holy and all-merciful Savior! Thou eternal God! Let not hell dismay us With its deep and burning flood: Have mercy, O Lord! 3 Into hell's fierce agony Sin doth headlong drive us: Where shall we for succor flee, Who, O who will hide us? Thou only, blessed Savior; Thy precious blood was shed to win Holy and gracious God! Holy and all-merciful Savior! Let us not, we pray, From the true faith's comfort Fall in our last need away. Have mercy, O Lord! M. Luther, 1524 241 8, 7, 8, 7, 4, 7. A. H. Mann, 1885 Why those fears? Be-hold, 'tis Jesus Holds the helm and guides the ship: Spread the sails, and catch the breez-es Sent to waft us through the deep; То the regions Where the mourn-ers cease to weep did |