Rock of Ages

By Augustus Toplady (1740-1778) and Thomas Hastings (1784-1872)


A             D         A
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
              E       A
Let me hide myself in Thee;
        E             A
Let the water and the blood,
         E                  A
From the wounded side which flowed.
              D      A
Be of sin the double cure,
                    E7      A
Save from wrath and make me pure.


Could my tears forever flow,
Could my zeal no languor know;
These for sin could not atone;
Thou must save and Thou alone.
In my hand no price I bring;
Simply to Thy cross I cling.


While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyes shall close in death;
When I rise to world unknown,
And behold Thee on Thy throne.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.