1 When my soul is bowed down in the darkness,
With trials and temptation and woe,
When no mortal can comfort or cheer me,
To whom in that hour shall I go?

Refrain:
Jesus will listen to me, Jesus will listen to me,
When, with burdens breaking, my heart is aching,
Then Jesus will listen to me.

2 When my friends and my trusted ones leave me,
Then, shrouded in sorrow and fear,
All alone in the midst of earth’s conflict,
I still have a listening ear. [Refrain]

3 When my heart and my life have grown weary,
With failure and trouble and loss,
I may still ask for help and for comfort
From hands that were nailed to the cross. [Refrain]

4 When I find that my life’s day is ending,
And shadows of eventide fall,
When I enter the dark, lonely valley,
Ah, then upon whom shall I call? [Refrain]