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try{ dzsap_init(\".ap_idx_3933_1\",settings_ap25888121); }catch(err){ console.warn(\"cannot init player\", err); } });<\/script>\n<p>Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker &#038; Matt Papa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verse 1<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat is our hope in life and death?<br \/>\nChrist alone, Christ alone.<br \/>\nWhat is our only confidence?<br \/>\nThat our souls to Him belong.<\/p>\n<p>Who holds our days within His hand?<br \/>\nWhat comes, apart from His command?<br \/>\nAnd what will keep us to the end?<br \/>\nThe love of Christ, in which we stand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><br \/>\nO sing hallelujah!<br \/>\nOur hope springs eternal;<br \/>\nO sing hallelujah!<br \/>\nNow and ever we confess<br \/>\nChrist our hope in life and death!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verse 2<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat truth can calm the troubled soul?<br \/>\nGod is good, God is good.<br \/>\nWhere is His grace and goodness known?<br \/>\nIn our great Redeemer\u2019s blood.<\/p>\n<p>Who holds our faith when fears arise?<br \/>\nWho stands above the stormy trial?<br \/>\nWho sends the waves that bring us nigh<br \/>\nUnto the shore, the rock of Christ?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><br \/>\nO sing hallelujah!<br \/>\nOur hope springs eternal;<br \/>\nO sing hallelujah!<br \/>\nNow and ever we confess<br \/>\nChrist our hope in life and death!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verse 3<\/strong><br \/>\nUnto the grave, what shall we sing?<br \/>\n\u201cChrist, He lives; Christ, He lives!\u201d<br \/>\nAnd what reward will heaven bring?<br \/>\nEverlasting life with Him.<\/p>\n<p>There we will rise to meet the Lord,<br \/>\nThen sin and death will be destroyed,<br \/>\nAnd we will feast in endless joy,<br \/>\nWhen Christ is ours forevermore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><br \/>\nO sing hallelujah!<br \/>\nOur hope springs eternal;<br \/>\nO sing hallelujah!<br \/>\nNow and ever we confess<br \/>\nChrist our hope in life and death!<\/p>\n<p>O sing hallelujah!<br \/>\nOur hope springs eternal;<br \/>\nO sing hallelujah!<br \/>\nNow and ever we confess<br \/>\nChrist our hope in life and death!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 9px; text-align: center;\">\u00a92020 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) \/ Messenger Hymns (BMI) \/ Jordan Kauflin Music (BMI) \/ Matthew Merker Music (BMI) \/ Getty Music Hymns and Songs (ASCAP) \/ Love Your Enemies Publishing (ASCAP) \/ adm at MusicServices.org CCLI # 7147502<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker &#038; 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Christ alone, Christ alone. What is our only confidence? That our souls to Him belong. Who holds our days within His hand? What comes, apart from His command? 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