Text:Whate'er My God Ordains Is Right
Author:Samuel Rodigast
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:WAS GOTT THUT DAS IST WOHLGETHAN
Composer:Severus Gastorius

366. Whate'er My God Ordains Is Right

1 Whate'er my God ordains is right;
His holy will abideth;
I will be still, whate'er He doth,
And follow where He guideth.
He is my God;
Though dark my road,
He holds me that I shall not fall;
Wherefore to Him I leave it all.

2 Whate'er my God ordains is right;
He never will deceive me;
He leads me by the proper path;
I know He will not leave me,
And take, content,
What He hath sent;
His hand can turn my griefs away,
And patiently I wait His day.

3 Whate'er my God ordains is right;
Here shall my stand be taken;
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet am I not forsaken;
My Father's care
Is round me there;
He holds me that I shall not fall,
And so to Him I leave it all.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Whate'er my God ordains is right
Title: Whate'er My God Ordains Is Right
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1863)
Author: Samuel Rodigast (c. 1675)
Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. 4. 4. 8. 8.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture: ;
Topic: Assurance; Contentment; Faith (4 more...)
Tune Information
Name: WAS GOTT THUT DAS IST WOHLGETHAN
Composer: Severus Gastorius
Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. 4. 4. 8. 8.
Key: G Major
Source: Weimar Gesangbuch, 1681
Notes: Music from the <i>Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church</i>. Used by permission.



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