Saturday, January 02, 2010

What E'er My God Ordains is Right

What E'er My God Ordains is Right
Samuel Rodigast, 1675
Tr. by Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878

1. What e'er my God ordains is right:
Holy his will abideth;

I will be still what e'er he doth,
And follow where he guideth:

He is my God;
Though dark my road,

He holds me that I shall not fall:
Wherefore to him I leave it all.

2. What e'er my God ordains is right:
He never will deceive me;

He leads me by the proper path;
I know he will not leave me:

I take, content,
What he hath sent;

His hand can turn my griefs away,
And patiently I wait his day.

3. What e'er my God ordains is right:
Though now this cup, in drinking,

May bitter seem to my faint heart,
I take it, all unshrinking:

My God is true;
Each morn anew

Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,
And pain and sorrow shall depart.

4. What e'er my God ordains is right:
Here shall my stand be taken;

Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet am I not forsaken;

My Father's care
Is round me there;

He holds me that I shall not fall:
And so to him I leave it all.

AMEN

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