O Thou Rock of Our Salvation
Author: Joseph L. Townsend
Composer: William Clayson
Languages (32)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Armenian (West): ՍԵՐ ՓՐԿՈՒԹԵԱՆ ԺԱՅՌԸ
- Bulgarian: Канара за нас, Исусе
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Cebuano: O Bato sa Among Kaluwasan
- Chinese (Simplified): 祢是救恩的磐石
- Chinese (Traditional): 祢是救恩的磐石
- Danish: O, du salighedens klippe
- Dutch: Jezus, Rots van onze redding
- English: O Thou Rock of Our Salvation
- English Braille: ⠠⠕ ⠠⠹⠳ ⠠⠗⠕⠉⠅ ⠷ ⠠⠳⠗ ⠠⠎⠁⠇⠧⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝
- Estonian: Oo, me Kalju ja me Pääste
- Finnish: Kalliomme, Vapahtaja
- French: Rocher du salut suprême
- French (French Polynesia): Iesu, Mato no te Ora
- German: O du Held des wahren Glaubens
- Hawaiian: E Iesu Ko Makou Haku
- Italian: Sei la rocca di salvezza
- Japanese: 力強き主よ
- Japanese (Hiragana): 力強き主よ
- Japanese (Kanji): 力強き主よ
- Korean: 예수님은 구원 반석
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Nín shì jiù’ēn di pánshí
- Norwegian: O, du salighetens klippe
- Portuguese: Tu Jesus, Ó Rocha Eterna
- Romanian: O, Tu, Stâncă de salvare
- Samoan: O le Papa e Malosi
- Spanish: Oh la roca mas segura
- Swahili: Mwamba wa Wokovu Wetu
- Swedish: O du salighetens klippa
- Tagalog: Saligan ng Kaligtasan
- Tahitian: Iesu, Mato no te Ora
- Tongan: Sīsū ne Ne Huhuʻi
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1877 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: The Juvenile Instructor (1866–1929), Feb 1877.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. O thou Rock of our salvation, Jesus, Savior of the world, In our poor and lowly station We thy banner have unfurled.
Gather round the standard bearer; Gather round in strength of youth. Ev’ry day the prospect’s fairer While we’re battling for the truth.
2. We a war ’gainst sin are waging; We’re contending for the right. Ev’ry day the battle’s raging; Help us, Lord, to win the fight.
Gather round the standard bearer; Gather round in strength of youth. Ev’ry day the prospect’s fairer While we’re battling for the truth.
3. Onward, onward, we’ll be singing As we’re marching firm and true, Each succeeding battle ringing, Earnest of what we can do.
Gather round the standard bearer; Gather round in strength of youth. Ev’ry day the prospect’s fairer While we’re battling for the truth.
4. When for all that we’ve contended, When the fight of faith we’ve won, When the strife and battle’s ended, And our labor here is done,
Then, O Rock of our salvation, Jesus, Savior of the world, Take us from our lowly station; Let our flag with thee be furled.
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