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God of my life, to thee I call Looking upwards in a storm

William Cowper printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 19, under Psalm 69:15.

WRITTEN BY

William Cowper 1731–1800

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 19

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Psalm 69:15 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 stanzas as Cowper printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

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STANZA I

God of my life, to thee I call

God of my life, to thee I call,

Afflicted at thy feet I fall;

When the great water–floods prevail,

Leave not my trembling heart to fail!

Where Cowper found it

Cowper printed the hymn under Psalm 69:15. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. PSALM 69:15 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 69

God of my life, to thee I call, Afflicted at thy feet I fall; When the great water–floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail! STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book III of the hymn book, “On the progress and changes of the spiritual life”, holds these hymns in this order: 106 hymns. This is number 19. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 19 · WILLIAM COWPER · THIS HYMN God of my life, to thee I call

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