Jesus, Savior Pilot Me

Words:
Edward Hopper
Music:
John E. Gould

Sheet music

  1. 1Jesus, Savior, pilot meOver life’s tempestuous sea;Unknown waves before me roll,Hiding rock and treach’rous shoal;Chart and compass come from Thee;Jesus, Savior, pilot me.
  2. 2When th’Apostles’ fragile barkStruggled with the billows dark;On the stormy Galilee,Thou did’st walk across the sea;And when they beheld Thy form,Safe they glided thru the storm.
  3. 3As a mother stills her child,Thou canst hush the ocean wild;Boist’rous waves obey Thy willWhen Thou say’st to them, “Be still!”Wondrous Sov’reign of the sea,Jesus, Savior, pilot me.
  4. 4When at last I near the shore,And the fearful breakers roar’Twixt me and the peaceful rest,Then, while leaning on Thy breast,May I hear Thee say to me,“Fear not, I will pilot thee.”

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1871, the words are in 1,378 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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