Trinity Hymnal ‎#93

93. Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb

1 Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
To search the starry vault profound;
In vain would wing her flight sublime
To find creation's utmost bound.

2 But weaker yet that thought must prove
To search thy great eternal plan,
Thy sovereign counsels, born of love
Long ages ere the world began.

3 When my dim reason would demand
Why that, or this, thou dost ordain,
By some vast deep I seem to stand,
Whose secrets I must ask in vain.

4 When doubts disturb my troubled breast,
And all is dark as night to me,
Here, as on solid rock, I rest,—
That so it seemeth good to thee.

5 Be this my joy, that evermore
Thou rulest all things at thy will;
Thy sovereign wisdom I adore,
And calmly, sweetly, trust thee still.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
• Author: Ray Palmer (1858)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Job 11:7
  ;
  Romans 9:20
  ;
  Romans 11:33
• Topic: Decrees of God; Doubt; God: Sovereignty of; Mystery of God's Ways; Trust in God

Tune Information

• Name: CANONBURY
• Composer: Robert Schumann (1839, arr.)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major