I featured this one last year but heard it this morning on a mix CD while driving to my eye doctor appointment. (My vision is improved, BTW.) I love it because it’s an interesting tune (it’s Welsh — no surprise there) and the words are lovely.<\/p>\n
The words (with a third verse I have never heard sung):<\/p>\n
Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly,
\nWhile the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high.
\nHide me, O my Savior, hide, till the storm of life is past;
\nSafe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last.<\/p>\nOther refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
\nLeave, ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me.
\nAll my trust on Thee is stayed, all my help from Thee I bring;
\nCover my defenseless head with the shadow of Thy wing.<\/p>\nWilt Thou not regard my call? Wilt Thou not accept my prayer?
\nLo! I sink, I faint, I fall??Lo! on Thee I cast my care;
\nReach me out Thy gracious hand! While I of Thy strength receive,
\nHoping against hope I stand, dying, and behold, I live.<\/p>\nThou, O Christ, art all I want, more than all in Thee I find;
\nRaise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind.
\nJust and holy is Thy Name, I am all unrighteousness;
\nFalse and full of sin I am; Thou art full of truth and grace.<\/p>\nPlenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sin;
\nLet the healing streams abound; make and keep me pure within.
\nThou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of Thee;
\nSpring Thou up within my heart; rise to all eternity.
\n(HT: Net Hymnal<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nBoth Michael Card and Fernando Ortega cover it but I prefer the recording by Michael Card from his album Starkindler<\/em> because he takes it at a decent clip and pairs it with some Celtic jig music.<\/p>\n