1 He knows the bitter, weary way,
The endless strivings day by day
The souls that weep, the souls that pray--
He knows it all.

Refrain:
He knows it all!
The bitter, weary way;
O souls that weep,
O souls that pray,
He knows it all.

2 He knows how hard the fight has been,
The clouds that come our lives between,
The wounds the world has never seen--
He knows it all. [Refrain]

3 He knows, when, faint and worn, we sink,
How deep the pain, how near the brink
Of dark despair we pause and shrink--
He knows it all. [Refrain]

4 He knows! O tho't so full of bliss!
For though on earth our joys we miss,
We still can bear it, feeling this--
He knows it all. [Refrain]