1 Give to the winds thy fears,
Hope, and be undismay'd:
God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears,
God shall lift up thy head.

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

3 What though thou rulest not;
Yet heave'n, and earth, and hell,
Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne,
And ruleth all things well.

4 Thine everlasting truth,
Father, thy ceaseless love,
Sees all thy children's wants, and knows
What best for each will prove.

5 And whatsoe'er thou will'st,
Thou dost, O King of kings;
What thine unerring wisdom chose,
thy pow'r to being brings.

6 Thou seest our weakness, Lord;
Our hearts are known to thee.
O lift thou up the sinking head,
Confirm the feeble knee.

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