Lyrics
What is our hope in life and death?
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?
And what will keep us to the end?
The love of Christ, in which we stand
O sing hallelujah!
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah!
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death
What truth can calm the troubled soul?
God is good, God is good
Where is His grace and goodness known?
In our great Redeemer's blood
Who holds our faith when fears arise?
Who stands above the stormy trial?
Who sends the waves that bring us night
Unto the shore, the rock of Christ?
O sing hallelujah!
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah!
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death
Unto the grave, what will we sing?
"Christ, He lives; Christ, He lives!"
And what reward will heaven bring?
Everlasting life with Him
There we will rise to meet the Lord
Then sin and death will be destroyed
And we will feast in endless joy
When Christ is ours forevermore
O sing hallelujah!
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah!
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death
O sing hallelujah!
Our hope springs eternal;
O sing hallelujah!
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Christ Our Hope in Life and Death” uses a question-and-answer form to confess the foundations of Christian hope. Each question names a human uncertainty—belonging, fear, suffering, death, or the future—and each answer directs confidence toward Christ. The recurring hallelujah joins doctrine with worship, presenting hope not as optimism but as trust in the Redeemer whose love holds his people through every trial.
The song’s final movement looks beyond the grave to resurrection, the defeat of sin and death, and everlasting life with the Lord. These claims closely reflect Paul’s teaching about Christ’s resurrection and the promised raising of those who belong to him. The image of meeting the Lord also recalls 1 Thessalonians 4, while confidence in Christ’s preserving love aligns with Romans 8. By moving from present fears to future joy, the lyric offers a concise confession: Christ is sufficient in ordinary life, steadfast at death, and central to the believer’s eternal hope.
Related Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 Paul identifies the risen Christ as the basis of resurrection life.
- Romans 8:38-39 Nothing in life or death can separate believers from God’s love in Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 The passage describes the dead in Christ rising and meeting the Lord.