Hymns for the Living Church ‎#305

305. I Am Not Skilled to Understand

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

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 Savior!

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 Savior!

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

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 Savior!

Text Information

• First Line: I am not skilled to understand
• Title: I Am Not Skilled to Understand
• Author: Dora Greenwell (1873)
• Meter: 8 8 8 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 53:11
  ;
  Acts 5:31
  ;
  1 Corinthians 2:7
  ;
  1 Timothy 1:15
• Topic: Christ: Savior; Testimony, Hymns of; Witness, Hymns of

Tune Information

• Name: GREENWELL
• Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick (1885)
• Meter: 8 8 8 7
• Key: D Major