Hymn
Give to the Winds Thy Fears
Give to the winds thy fears,
Hope and be undismayed;
God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears,
God shall lift up thy head.
Through waves and clouds and storms
He gently clears thy way;
Wait thou His time; so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.
Still heavy is thy heart?
Still sink thy spirits down?
Cast off the weight, let fear depart,
And every care be gone.
What though thou rulest not,
Yet heaven and earth and hell
Proclaim: God sitteth on the throne,
And ruleth all things well.
Leave to His sovereign sway
To choose and to command:
So shalt thou, wondering own, His way
How wise, how strong His hand!
Far, far above thy thought
His counsel shall appear,
When fully He the work hath wrought
That caused thy needless fear.
Thou seest our weakness, Lord,
Our hearts are known to Thee:
O lift Thou up the sinking hand,
Confirm the feeble knee;
Let us in life, in death,
Thy steadfast truth declare,
And publish with our latest breath
Thy Love and guardian care!
Amen.
Give to the Winds Thy Fears — Text from Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/give-to-the-winds-thy-fears
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Give to the Winds Thy Fears?
The words of Give to the Winds Thy Fears are credited to Paul Gerhardt and John Wesley; the version here was published in 1917. The library holds 7 more hymns by Paul Gerhardt, including Christ in You, the Hope of Glory and O sacred head now wounded.
Is Give to the Winds Thy Fears public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, published in 1917. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Give to the Winds Thy Fears?
Give to the Winds Thy Fears is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, My Soul, Be on Thy Guard, The Lord's Day and Come, we that love the Lord.