Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#459

459. I Am Not Skilled to Understand

1 I am not skilled to understand
what God has willed, what God has planned;
I only know that 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;
for 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 oh, 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: 1990
• Scripture:
  Acts 5:31
  ;
  1 Timothy 1:15
• Topic: The Way of Salvation: Salvation by Grace; Christ: Savior; Mystery of God's Ways

Tune Information

• Name: GREENWELL
• Composer: William James Kirkpatrick (1885)
• Meter: 8.8.8.7.
• Key: D Major