1. When in the hour of deepest need
   We know not where to look for aid;
   When days and nights of anxious thought
   No help or counsel yet have brought,

2. Then is our comfort this alone,
   That we may meet before Thy throne
   And cry, O faithful God, to Thee
   For rescue from our misery;

3. To Thee may raise our hearts and eyes,
   Repenting sore with bitter sighs,
   And seek Thy pardon for our sin
   And respite from our griefs within.

4. For Thou hast promised graciously
   To hear all those who cry to Thee
   Through Him whose name alone is great,
   Our Savior and our Advocate.

5. And thus we come, O God, today
   And all our woes before Thee lay;
   For sorely tried, cast down, we stand,
   Perplexed by fears on ev’ry hand.

6. O from our sins, Lord, turn Thy face;
   Absolve us through Thy boundless grace,
   Be with us in our anguish still,
   Free us at last from ev’ry ill,

7. That so with all our hearts we may
   To Thee our glad thanksgivings pay,
   Then walk obedient to Thy Word
   And now and ever praise Thee, Lord.

Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein
Paul Eber, 1560
Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858, alt.
Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, No. 522, alt.