Together in Song ‎#109

109. What God ordains is always good

1 What God ordains is always good:
his will is just and holy.
As he directs my life for me
I follow meek and lowly.
My God indeed
in every need
knows well how he will shield me;
to him, then, I will yield me.

2 What God ordains is always good:
he never will deceive me;
he leads me in his own right way,
and never will he leave me.
I take content
what he has sent;
his hand that sends me sadness
will turn my tears to gladness.

3 What God ordains is always good:
his loving thought attends me;
no poison can be in the cup
that my physician sends me.
My God is true;
each morning new
I trust his grace unending,
my life to him commending.

4 What God ordains is always good:
he is my friend and father;
he will not let me come to harm
though many storms may gather.
Now I may know
both joy and woe;
some day I shall see clearly
that he has loved me dearly.

5 What God ordains is always good:
this truth remains unshaken.
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
I shall not be forsaken.
I fear no harm,
for with his arm
he shall embrace and shield me;
so to my God I yield me.

Text Information

• First Line: What God ordains is always good
• Author: Samuel Rodigast, 1649-1703
• Meter: 87.87.44.77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 13:5-6
  ;
  Isaiah 60:12-20
  ;
  John 10:27-30
  ;
  John 14:18-19
  ;
  John 14:23-26
  ;
  John 14:27
  ;
  Lamentations 3:19-26
  ;
  Luke 11:9-13
  ;
  Matthew 7:7-14
  ;
  Psalm 16
  ;
  Psalm 18:1-3
  ;
  Psalm 23:1-4
  ;
  Psalm 27
  ;
  Psalm 30
  ;
  Romans 12:1-2
• Topic: Assurance; Providence
• Source: Tr.: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: WAS GOTT TUT
• Composer: Severus Gastorius (1674)
• Meter: 87.87.44.77
• Key: F Major