Text: | Whate'er My God Ordains is right |
Author: | Samuel Rodigast |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | WAS GOTT TUT |
Composer (attributed to): | Severus Gastorius |
1 Whate'er my God ordains is right:
his holy will abideth;
I will be still, whate'er he doth,
and follow where he guideth.
He is my God; though dark my road,
he holds me that I shall not fall:
wherefore to him I leave it all.
2 Whate'er my God ordains is right:
he never will deceive me;
he leads me by the proper path;
I know he will not leave me.
I take, content, what he hath sent;
his hand can turn my griefs away,
and patiently I wait his day.
3 Whate'er my God ordains is right:
though now this cup, in drinking,
may bitter seem to my faint heart,
I take it, all unshrinking.
My God is true; each morn anew
sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,
and pain and sorrow shall depart.
4 Whate'er my God ordains is right:
here shall my stand be taken;
though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
yet am I not forsaken.
My Father's care is round me there;
he holds me that I shall not fall:
and so to him I leave it all.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Whate'er my God ordains is right |
Title: | Whate'er My God Ordains is right |
Author: | Samuel Rodigast (1675) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1863, alt. 1961) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2018 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Decrees of God; God; God: Holiness and Justice of(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WAS GOTT TUT |
Composer (attributed to): | Severus Gastorius |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8. |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Gesangbuch, Weimar, 1681 |