The Hymnal ‎#326

326. I am not skilled to understand

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

2 I take God at His word and deed:
“Christ died to save me”— this I read;
And in my heart I find a need
Of Him to be my Saviour!

3 And was there then no other way
For God to take?— I cannot say;
I only bless Him, day by day,
Who saved me through my Saviour.

4 That He should leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die,
You count it strange?— so do not I,
Since I have known my Saviour!

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 Saviour!

5 Yea, 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
• Author: Dora Greenwell (1821-1882)
• Meter: 8. 8. 8. 7.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Life In Christ: The Inner Life; Christ: Call, Answering Christ's; Christ: Passion, His; Inner Life, The

Tune Information

• Name: ACH GOTT UND HERR
• Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• Meter: 8. 8. 8. 7.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: "Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch," 1682