The Presbyterian Hymnal ‎#284

284. O God, What You Ordain Is Right

1 O God, what You ordain is right,
Your holy will abiding;
I shall be still, whate'er You do,
And follow where You are guiding.
You are my God;
Though dark my road,
You hold me that I shall not fall;
Wherefore to You I leave it all.

2 O God, what You ordain is right;
You never will deceive me.
You lead me by the proper path;
I know You will not leave me.
And take, content,
What You have sent;
Your hand can turn my griefs away,
And patiently I wait Your day.

3 O God, what You ordain is right;
Here shall my stand be taken.
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet I am not forsaken.
Your watchful care
Is round me there;
You hold me that I shall not fall,
And so to You I leave it all.

Text Information

• First Line: O God, what You ordain is right
• Title: O God, What You Ordain Is Right
• Author: Samuel Rodigast, 1649-1708 (c. 1675)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858, 1863; alt.)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Deuteronomy 32:4

Tune Information

• Name: WAS GOTT TUT
• Composer: Severus Gastorius (1679)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8
• Key: F Major
• Source: Common Service Book, 1917 (harm.)
• Copyright: Harmonization copyright © 1917 Common Service Book of the United Lutheran Church. Used by permission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. All rights reserved.