Psalms and Hymns to the Living God ‎#411

411. What God Ordains Is Always Good

1 What God ordains is always good;
His will is just and holy.
As He directs my life for me,
I follow meek and lowly.
My God indeed in ev'ry need
knows well how He will shield me;
to Him, then, I will yield me.

2 What God ordains is always good;
He never will deceive me.
He leads me in His righteous way,
and never will He leave me.
I take, content, what He has sent;
His hand that sends me sadness
will turn my tears to gladness.

3 What God ordains is always good;
His loving thought attends me;
no poison can be in the cup
that my Physician sends me.
My God is true; each morning new
I trust His grace unending,
My life to Him commending.

4 What God ordains is always good;
He is my Friend and Father.
He suffers naught to do me harm
tho' many storms may gather.
Now I may know both joy and woe;
some day I shall see clearly
that He has loved me dearly.

5 What God ordains is always good;
tho' I the cup am drinking
which savors now of bitterness,
I take it without shrinking.
For after grief God gives relief,
my heart with comfort filling
and all my sorrow stilling.

6 What God ordains is always good;
this truth remains unshaken.
Tho' sorrow, need, or death be mine,
I shall not be forsaken.
I fear no harm, for with His arm
He shall embrace and shield me;
so to my God I yield me.

Text Information

• First Line: What God ordains is always good
• Title: What God Ordains Is Always Good
• Author: Samuel Rodigast (1675)
• Meter: 87 87 44 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2023
• Topic: Comfort, Death, and Glory
• Source: Tr. The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941

Tune Information

• Name: WAS GOTT TUT
• Composer: Servus Gastorius (1681)
• Meter: 87 87 44 77
• Key: F Major