The hymn expresses that the author's hope is built solely on Jesus Christ - his blood and righteousness. When darkness or storms come, the author relies on Christ's unchanging grace and finds anchor in him. The hymn asserts that all other ground is sinking sand except standing on Christ the solid rock. It expresses hope that when Christ returns, the author will be found dressed in his righteousness to stand faultless before God's throne.

1. My Hope Is Built
Hymn by Edward Mote
Tune by William B. Bradbury

2. My Hope Is Built
1.My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

3. My Hope Is Built
Refrain:
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

4. My Hope Is Built
2.When Darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace.
in every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.

5. My Hope Is Built
Refrain:
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

6. My Hope Is Built
3.His oath, his covenant, his blood
supports me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.

7. My Hope Is Built
Refrain:
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

8. My Hope Is Built
4.When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found!
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne!

9. My Hope Is Built
Refrain:
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.