In My Time of Dying

"Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed"
Original 1928 78-rpm record
Single by Blind Willie Johnson
Released1928 (1928)
RecordedDallas, Texas, December 3, 1927
GenreGospel blues
Length3:12
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Unknown

"In My Time of Dying" (also called "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed" or a variation thereof) is a gospel music song by Blind Willie Johnson. The title line, closing each stanza of the song, refers to a deathbed and was inspired by a passage in the Bible from Psalms 41:3 "The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing, thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness". Numerous artists have recorded variations, including Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin.