Chalice Hymnal ‎#566

566. Be Still, My Soul

1 Be still, my soul: for God is on your side;
bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Trust in your God, your savior and your guide,
who through all changes faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: your best, your heavenly friend
through thorny ways leads to a peaceful end.

2 Be still, my soul: for God will undertake
to guide the future surely as the past.
Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake;
all now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: The waves and winds still know
the voice that calmed them in this world below.

3 Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
when we shall dwell with forever more,
when disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,
all safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Text Information

• First Line: Be still, my soul! The Lord is on your side
• Title: Be Still, My Soul
• Author: Katharina von Schlegel (1752)
• Translator: Jane Borthwick (1855, alt.)
• Meter: 11 10.11 10.11 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Topic: God's Church: Life of Discipleship: Trust and Assurance; Assurance; Comfort; Courage; Funerals and Memorial Services; God: Providence; Serenity; Trust

Tune Information

• Name: FINLANDIA
• Composer: Jean Sibelius (1899)
• Meter: 11 10.11 10.11 10
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Arr. © 1933, renewed 1961, Presbyterian Board of Christian Education