Be Still My Soul

 

BE STILL MY SOUL

by 

Katharina A. von Schlegel

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.

Bear pa­tient­ly the cross of grief or pain.

Leave to thy God to or­der and pro­vide;

In ev­ery change, He faith­ful will re­main.

Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heav­en­ly friend

Through thor­ny ways leads to a joy­ful end.

Be still, my soul: thy God doth un­der­take

To guide the fu­ture, as He has the past.

Thy hope, thy con­fi­dence let no­thing shake;

All now mys­te­ri­ous shall be bright at last.

Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know

His voice who ruled them while He dwelt be­low.

Be still, my soul: when dear­est friends de­part,

And all is dark­ened in the vale of tears,

Then shalt thou bet­ter know His love, His heart,

Who comes to soothe thy sor­row and thy fears.

Be still, my soul: thy Je­sus can re­pay

From His on full­ness all He takes away.

Be still, my soul: the hour is hast­en­ing on

When we shall be for­ev­er with the Lord.

When dis­ap­point­ment, grief and fear are gone,

Sorrow for­got, love’s pur­est joys re­stored.

Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past

All safe and bless­èd we shall meet at last.

Be still, my soul: be­gin the song of praise

On earth, be­liev­ing, to Thy Lord on high;

Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,

So shall He view thee with a well-pleased eye.

Be still, my soul: the Sun of life di­vine

Through pass­ing clouds shall but more bright­ly shine