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664. Be Still, My Soul

1 Be still, my soul! for God is on your side;
bear patiently the cross of grief or pain:
leave to your God to order and provide,
who through all changes faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul! your best, your heav’nly Friend
through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

2 Be still, my soul! for God will undertake
to guide the future surely as the past.
Your hope, your confidence, let nothing shake;
all now mysterious shall be clear at last.
Be still, my soul! the waves and winds still know
the voice that calmed their fury long ago.

3 Be still, my soul! the hour is hastening on
when we shall be forever in God's peace;
when disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
love’s joys restored, our strivings all shall cease.
Be still my soul! when change and tears are past,
all safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Text Information
First Line: Be still, my soul! for God is on your side
Title: Be Still, My Soul
Author: Catharina A. D. von Schlegel (1752)
Translator: Jane Laurie Borthwick (1855, alt.)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Patience; Comfort; Discipleship (6 more...)
Source: Stille, mein Wille
Tune Information
Name: FINLANDIA
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
Key: F Major
Source: arr. The Hymnal
Copyright: arr. © 1933, 1961 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education
Notes: For capo chords, see #649.



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