I Set My Hope (Hymn for a Deconstructing Friend)

[Verse]
          Bb             Eb       Bb
When this life of trials tests my faith
  Eb     Bb/D    F  Bb F/A
I set my hope on Je-sus
         Gm                 Eb        Bb
When the questions come and doubts re-main
  Eb             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus
        Gm                       Dm
For the deepest wounds that time won’t heal
          Eb                  Bb   Cm F
There’s a joy that runs still deep-er
          Bb                         Eb
There’s a truth that’s more than all I feel
  Cm             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus
 
[Chorus]
  Bb                   Gm
I set my hope on Jesus
   F             Bb     F/A
My rock, my only trust
    Gm               Eb     Bb/D
Who set His heart up-on me first
  Eb             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus
 
[Verse]
         Bb             Eb       Bb
Though I falter in this war with sin
  Eb     Bb/D    F  Bb F/A
I set my hope on Je-sus
       Gm                 Eb        Bb
When I fail the fight and sink with-in
  Eb             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus
           Gm                      Dm
Though the shame would drown me in its sea
      Eb                  Bb   Cm F
And I dread the waves of  just-ice
       Bb                 Eb
I will cast my life on Calvary
  Cm             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus
 
[Chorus]
  Bb                   Gm
I set my hope on Jesus
   F             Bb     F/A
My rock, my only trust
    Gm               Eb     Bb/D
Who set His heart up-on me first
  Eb             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus
 
[Verse]
           Bb               Eb       Bb
Though the world call me to leave my Lord
  Eb     Bb/D    F  Bb F/A
I set my hope on Je-sus
          Gm            Eb      Bb
Though it offer all its vain re-wards
  Eb             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus
            Gm                     Dm
Though this heart of mine is prone to stray
        Eb              Bb  Cm F
Give me grace enough to fin-ish
        Bb                 Eb
’Till I worship on that final day
  Cm             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus
 
[Chorus]
  Bb                   Gm
I set my hope on Jesus
   F             Bb     F/A
My rock, my only trust
    Gm               Eb     Bb/D
Who set His heart up-on me first
  Eb             F  Bb
I set my hope on Je-sus