Give to the winds thy fears

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1
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 and clouds and storms, 
God gently clears thy way. 
Wait thou the time, so shall this night 
soon end in joyous day. 

3
What though thou rulest not, 
yet heaven and earth and hell 
proclaim God sitteth on the throne, 
and ruleth all things well. 

4
Thine everlasting truth, 
O God, thy ceaseless love, 
sees all thy children's wants, and knows 
what best for each will prove.

#561 in Hymnal: A Worship Book

Words:  Paul Gerhardt, Befiel dudeine Wege, Praxis pietatis melica, 1656,
                              tr. John Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739, alt.
   Tune:  Harmonia Sacra, 5th ed., 1851

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