Give to the winds thy fears,

Hope, and be undismayed;

God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears,

God shall lift up thy head.

2 Through waves, through clouds and storms,

He gently clears thy way;

Wait thou his time; so shall this night

Soon end in joyous day.

3 Still heavy is thy heart!

Still sink thy spirits down!

Cast off the weight, let fear depart,

Bid every care be gone.

4 Far, far above thy thought

His counsel shall appear,

When fully he the work hath wrought,

That caused thy needless fear.

5 What, though thou rulest not!

Yet heaven, and earth, and hell

Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne,

And ruleth all things well!