I once was a stranger to grace and to God;
I knew not my danger, I felt not my load;
Though friends spoke in rapture of Christ on the tree,
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” was nothing to me,
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” was nothing to me.

When free grace awoke me by light from on high,
Then legal fears shook me, I trembled to die:
No refuge, no safety, in self could I see;
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” my Saviour must be,
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” my Saviour must be.

My terrors all vanished before the sweet name;
My guilty fears banished, with boldness I came
To drink at the fountain, life-giving and free,
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” is all things to me,
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” is all things to me.

“Jehovah Tsidkenu!” my treasure and boast;
“Jehovah Tsidkenu!” I ne’er can be lost;
In Thee I shall conquer by flood and by field,
My cable, my anchor, my breastplate and shield,
My cable, my anchor, my breastplate and shield!