Hymns

If Thou but Suffer God to Guide Thee

Words: Catherine Winkworth, Georg Neumark · Music: Friedrich Layriz, Georg Neumark · 1641

Verse 1
If thou but suffer God to guide thee,
and hope in him through all thy ways,
he'll give thee strength, whate'er betide thee,
and bear thee through the evil days;
who trusts in God's unchanging love
builds on the Rock that naught can move.

Verse 2
Only be still, and wait his leisure
in cheerful hope, with heart content
to take whate'er thy Father's pleasure
and all-discerning love have sent;
nor doubt our inmost wants are known
to him who chose us for his own.

Verse 3
All are alike before the Highest;
'tis easy to our God, we know,
to raise thee up, though low thou liest,
to make the rich man poor and low;
true wonders still by him are wrought
who setteth up and brings to naught.

Verse 4
Sing, pray, and keep his ways unswerving;
in all thy labor faithful be,
and trust his word; though undeserving,
thou yet shalt find it true for thee:
God never will forsake in need
the soul that trusts in him indeed.

Words: Georg Neumark, ca. 1641; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1855, rev. 1863 | Music: Georg Neumark, ca. 1641; harm. Friedrich Layriz, 1849

Psalm 32; Psalm 34; Psalm 131; Proverbs 3; Matthew 7; 2 Corinthians 1; Colossians 3; 1 Timothy 1

God, Promises of · Perseverance · Prayer · Trust