Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#310

310. Give to the Winds Your Fears

1. Give to the winds your fears,
Hope, and be undismayed;
God hears your sighs and counts your tears;
God shall lift up your head.
Thru' waves and clouds and storms
He gently clears the way.
Wait now this time, so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

2. Leave to his sov'reign sway
To choose and to command;
So shall you wond'ring, own his way,
How wise, how strong his hand.
Far, far above your thoughts
His counsel shall appear,
When fully he the work has wro't
That caused your needless fear.

3. Your everlasting truth,
Father, your ceaseless love
Sees all your children's wants and knows
What best for each will prove.
When you arise, my Lord,
What shall your work withstand?
When all your children want, you give;
Who, who shall stay your hand?

4. You know our weakness, Lord,
Our hearts are plain to see;
O lift and hold the sinking hand,
Confirm the feeble knee!
Let us in life, in death,
Your steadfast truth declare,
And publish with our latest breath
Your love and guardian care!

Text Information

• First Line: Give to the winds your fears
• Title: Give to the Winds Your Fears
• German Title: Befiehl du deine Wege
• Author: Paul Gerhardt
• Translator: John Wesley (1739)
• Meter: 6.6.8.6 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 37:7
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 22
• Notes: German text “Befiehl du deine Wege” by Lutheran pastor Paul Gerhardt, tr. by John Wesley, founder of Methodism, from Hymns & Sacred Poems (1739), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: CEASELESS LOVE
• Composer: Ruthanne Pursley (2009)
• Meter: 6.6.8.6 D
• Incipit: 13457 5
• Key: b minor or modal
• Copyright: ©2009 Scarlet Cord Music.
• Notes: Tune CEASELESS LOVE by Southern Baptist musician Ruthanne Pursley, as in Songs from Southern (2010).