Church Book ‎#425

425. Here I can firmly rest

1 Here I can firmly rest;
I dare to boast of this,
That God the highest and the Best,
My Friend and Father is.

2 From dangerous snares He saves:
Where'er He bids me go
He checks the storms and calms the waves,
Nor lets aught work me woe.

3 At cost of all I have,
At cost of life and limb,
I cling to God, who yet shall save:
I will not turn from Him.

4 The world may fail and flee;
Thou, God, my Father art!
Not fire, nor sword, nor plague, from Thee
My trusting soul shall part.

5 No joys that angels know;
No throne or wide-spread fame,
No love or loss, no fear or woe,
No grief of heart or shame--

6 Man cannot aught conceive,
Of pleasure or of harm,
That e'er shall tempt my soul to leave
Her refuge in Thine arm.

Text Information

• First Line: Here I can firmly rest
• German Title: Ist Gott für mich, so trete
• Translator: Miss Winkworth (1855, a.)
• Author: Paul Gerhardt (1656)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: Trust; Twenty First Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate tune: #102 or #375

Tune Information

• Name: SAG WAS HILFT ALLE WELT
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Composer from index: Melch. Franck? 1639