Rock of ages, cleft for me (Thomas Hastings)
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(Posted 2024-07-06) CPDL #81211:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-07-06). Score information: A4, 1 page, 44 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-07-06). Score information: A4, 1 page, 139 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Rock of ages, cleft for me
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Tune: Toplady
Lyricist: Augustus Montague Toplady
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 77. 77. 77
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
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Original text and translations
English text
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood
from thy wounded side that flowed,
be of sin the double cure,
cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Should my tears for ever flow,
should my zeal no languor know,
all 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 mine eyelids close in death,
when I rise to worlds unknown
and behold thee on thy throne,
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee.