Hymn
Peace! Be Still!
Master, the tempest is raging!
The billows are tossing high!
The sky is o'ershadow'd with blackness;
No shelter or help is nigh;
"Carest thou not that we perish?
How canst thou lie asleep,
When each moment so madly is threat'ning
A grave in the angry deep?
"The winds and the waves obey my will,
Peace, be still!
Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea,
Or demons, or men, or whatever it be,
No water can swallow the ship where lies
The Master of ocean, and earth, and skies;
They all sweetly obey my will;
Peace, be still!
Peace, be still!
They all shall sweetly obey my will;
Peace, peace, be still!
Master, with anguish of spirit
I bow in my grief today;
The depths of my sad heart are troubled;
O waken and save, I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish
Sweep o'er my sinking soul;
And I perish, I perish! dear Master;
O hasten and take control.
Master, the terror is over,
The elements sweetly rest;
Earth's sun in the calm lake is mirrored,
And heaven's within my breast;
Linger, O blessed Redeemer,
Leave me alone no more;
And with joy I shall make the blest harbor,
And rest on the blissful shore.
Peace! Be Still! — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/peace-be-still
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Peace! Be Still?
The words of Peace! Be Still were written by Mary Ann Baker; the version here was published in 1908.
Is Peace! Be Still public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Christ in Song, published in 1908. 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 Peace! Be Still?
Peace! Be Still is in 8.7.9.7.8.6.10.7 with refrain.