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Text:Give to the Winds Thy Fears
Author:Paul Gerhardt
Translator:John Wesley
Tune:ST. BRIDE
Composer:Samuel Howard

286. 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.

2 Through waves and clouds and storms
God gently clears thy way;
Wait patiently; so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

3 Leave to God's sovereign sway
To choose and to command;
So shalt thou, wondering, own God's way,
How wise, how strong God's hand!

4 On God the Lord rely,
And safe shalt thou go on;
Fix on God's work thy steadfast eye,
So shall thy work be done.

Text Information
First Line: Give to the winds thy fears
Title: Give to the Winds Thy Fears
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1656)
Translator: John Wesley (1739; alt.)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture: ;
Topic: God: Protection
Tune Information
Name: ST. BRIDE
Composer: Samuel Howard (1762; alt.)
Meter: SM
Key: g minor



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