Laudes Domini ‎#155

155. 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 outmost 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
• Author: Ray Palmer
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Genesis 18:25
  ;
  Esther 6:1
  ;
  Ephesians 1:4
• Topic: Decrees: Spiritual; God: The Father
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: LOUVAN
• Composer: V. C. Taylor
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.