Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient and modern 258. Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb

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Laudes Domini‎#258

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Text:

Sovereignty

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.

Text Information
First Line:	Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
Title:	Sovereignty
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1884
Topic:	Doubt; God: Attributes; God: Infinity; God: Sovereignty; Praise: To God (2 more...)
Notes:	Now Public Domain