ELHB Hymn 494
Whate'er God will, let that be done
Margrave Albrecht Alcbiades
Hymn Text
494. Whate'er God will, let that be done
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1 Whate'er God will, let that be done;
His will is ever wisest;
His grace will all thy hope outrun
Who to that faith arisest.
The gracious Lord
Will help afford,
He chastens with forbearing;
Who God believes,
And to Him cleaves,
Shall not be left despairing.
His will is ever wisest;
His grace will all thy hope outrun
Who to that faith arisest.
The gracious Lord
Will help afford,
He chastens with forbearing;
Who God believes,
And to Him cleaves,
Shall not be left despairing.
2 My God is my sure Confidence,
My Hope and my Existence;
His counsel is beyond my sense,
Yet I'll not make resistance.
His Word declares
The very hairs
Upon my head are numbered;
His mercy large
Holds me in charge,
With care that never slumbered.
My Hope and my Existence;
His counsel is beyond my sense,
Yet I'll not make resistance.
His Word declares
The very hairs
Upon my head are numbered;
His mercy large
Holds me in charge,
With care that never slumbered.
3 The time has come when, at His will,
My life in this world ceases;
I think upon it, and am still,
Let come whate'er He pleases.
To Him I trust
My soul, my dust,
When flesh and spirit sever,
The Christ we sing
Has plucked the sting
Away from death forever.
My life in this world ceases;
I think upon it, and am still,
Let come whate'er He pleases.
To Him I trust
My soul, my dust,
When flesh and spirit sever,
The Christ we sing
Has plucked the sting
Away from death forever.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #494