The phrase "sore dismayed" resonates through 4 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
sore dismayed
...Behold the hands stretched out for aid,
Darkened by sin and sore dismayed;
Oh, will you to their rescue go,...
Behold the hands stretched out for aid,
Darkened by sin and sore dismayed;
Oh, will you to their rescue go,
...I have reached the Rock at last;
Helpless, weak and sore dismayed,
To the cross I’ll cling for aid....
I have reached the Rock at last;
Helpless, weak and sore dismayed,
To the cross I’ll cling for aid.
...When with wearing hopeless pain
Sinks the spirit, sore dismayed,
Breathe Thou then the comfort-strain,...
When with wearing hopeless pain
Sinks the spirit, sore dismayed,
Breathe Thou then the comfort-strain,
...If vexing thoughts within me rise
And sore dismayed my spirit dies,
Still He who once vouchsafed to bear...
If vexing thoughts within me rise
And sore dismayed my spirit dies,
Still He who once vouchsafed to bear
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