MHB 507 – COMMIT thou all thy griefs

Methodist-Hymns-507

1: COMMIT thou all thy griefs
And ways into His hands,
To His sure truth and tender care,
Who  heaven and earth commands.

2: Who points the clouds their course,
Whom winds and seas obey,
He shall direct thy wandering feet,
He shall prepare thy way.

3: Thou on the Lord rely,
So safe shalt thou go on;
Fix on His work thy steadfast eye,
So shall thy work be done.

4: No profit canst thou gain
By self-consuming care;
To Him commend thy cause, His ear
Attends the softest prayer.

5: Thy everlasting truth,
Father, Thy ceaseless love,
Sees all thy children’s wants, and knows
What best for each will prove.

6: Thou everywhere hast sway,
And all things serve Thy might;
Thy every act pure blessing is,
Thy path unsullied light.

7: When Thou arisest, Lord,
What shall Thy work with-stand?
Whate,er Thy children want, Thou giv’st;
And who shall stay Thy hand?

8: Give to the winds thy fears;
Hope, and be undismayed:
God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears,
God shall lift up thy head.

9: Through waves, and clouds, and storms
He gently clears thy way:
Wait thou His time;
so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

10: Still heavy is thy heart?
Still sink thy spirits down?
Cast off the weight, let fear depart,
Bid every care be gone.

11: What though thou rulest not?
Yet heaven, and earth, and hell
Proclaim: God sitteth on the throne,
And ruleth all things well!

12: Leave to His sovereign sway
To choose and to command;
So shalt thou wondering own His way
How wise, how strong His hand.

13: Far, far above thy thought
His counsel shall appear,
When fully He the work hath wrought
That caused thy needless fear.

14: Thou seest our weakness, Lord;
Our hearts are known to Thee:
O lift Thou up the sinking hand,
Confirm the feeble knee!

15: Let us in life, in death,
Thy steadfast truth declare,
And publish with our latest breath
Thy love and guardian care.