Give to the winds your fears
by Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676) · translated by John Wesley (1703–1791)
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 519.
Verse 1
Give to the winds your fears; In hope be undismayed: God hears your sighs and counts your tears, God shall lift up your head.
Verse 2
To Him commit your griefs; Your ways put in His hands— To His sure truth and tender care Who earth and heaven commands.
Verse 3
O put your trust in God; In duty’s path go on. Walk in His strength with faith and hope, So shall your work be done.
Verse 4
Leave to His sovereign sway To choose and to command; So you shall, faithful, seek His way— How wise, how strong His hand!