121 (Index of Tunes, XVII.)
121.
Tune.--"When on the cross the Savious hung."
Ich weiss, mein Gott, dass all mein Thun
P. Gerhardt, 1656
I know, my God, and I rejoice That on Thy righteous will and choice All human works and schemes must rest; Success and blessing are of Thee, What Thou shalt send is surely best! | It stands not in the power of man To bring to pass the wisest plan So surely that it cannot fail; Thy counsel, Highest, must ensure That our poor wisdom shall avail. | A man oft thinks within his breast That lot for him were surely best, This, that his Father may ordain, Were hurtful;--yet, behold, it proves This is his blessing, that his bane. | Then, O my Father, hear my cry, Grant me true judgment from on high, On my own will I would not build; Be Thou my Friend and Counsellor, So what is best shall be fulfilled. | And if this work be Thine, oh bless Our poor weak efforts with success; If not, deny it, change our mind,-- Whate'er Thou workest not will soon Disperse like sand before the wind. | Grant us what is our truest good, And not what pleases flesh and blood; Our inmost spirits do Thou prove, Our highest aim, our best delight, Shall be Thy glory and Thy love. | |