Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#400

400. Give to the winds thy fears

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

2 Still heavy is thy heart?
Still sink thy spirits down?
Cast off the weight, let fear depart,
And every care be gone.
What though thou rulest not,
Yet heaven and earth and hell
Proclaim: God sitteth on the throne,
And ruleth all things well.

3 Leave to His sovereign sway
To choose and to command:
So shalt thou, wondering own, His way
How wise, how strong His hand!
Far, far above thy thought
His counsel shall appear,
When fully He the work hath wrought
That caused thy needless fear.

4 Thou seest our weakness, Lord,
Our hearts are known to Thee:
O lift Thou up the sinking hand,
Confirm the feeble knee;
Let us in life, in death,
Thy steadfast truth declare,
And publish with our latest breath
Thy Love and guardian care!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Give to the winds thy fears
• Author: Paul Gerhardt (1653)
• Translator: John Wesley (1739)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Cross and Comfort

Tune Information

• Name: THESSALONICA
• Adapter: John Goss (1864)
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: From the German