135 (CIX.--"Was Gott thut das ist wohlgetan.")
135.
Original Tune.
Was Gott thut das ist wohlgetan
Rodigast, 1675
Whate'er my God ordains is right, Holy His 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. | 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. | Whate'er my God ordains is right, His loving thought attends me; No poison'd draught the cup can be That my Physician sends me, But medicine due For God is true, And on that changeless truth I build, And all my heart with hope is fill'd. | Whate'er my God ordains is right, Though now this cup in drinking May bitter seem to my faint heart, I take it all unshrinking; Tears pass away With dawn of day, Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart, And pain and sorrow shall depart. | 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 around me there, He holds me that I shall not fall, And so to Him I leave it all. | |