Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#68

68. I Am Not Skilled to Understand

1 I am not skilled to understand
What God hath willed, what God hath planned;
I only know at His right hand
Is One who is my Saviour!

2 I take Him at His word indeed:
“Christ died for sinners,” this I read;
And in my heart I find a need
Of Him to be my Saviour!

3 That He should leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die,
You count it strange? So once did I,
Before I knew my Saviour!

4 And oh, that He fulfilled may see
The travail of His soul in me,
And with His work contented be,
As I with my dear Saviour!

5 Yes, living, dying, let me bring
My strength, my solace from this Spring;
That He who lives to be my King
Once died to be my Saviour!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: I am not skilled to understand
• Title: I Am Not Skilled to Understand
• Author: Dora Greenwell, 1821-1882
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: Christ: Passion; Christ: Sacrifice; New Birth; Passion; Sacrifice

Tune Information

• Name: [I am not skilled to understand]
• Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921
• Key: E♭ Major