If Thou But Suffer God To Guide
- Words:
- Georg Neumark, Tr. by Catherine Winkworth
- Music:
- Georg Neumark, Arr. by Johann S. Bach
Sheet music
- 1If thou but suffer God to guide thee,And hope in Him thru all thy ways,He’ll give thee strength whate’er betide thee,And bear thee thru the evil days;Who trusts in God’s unchanging loveBuilds on the rock that naught can move.
- 2What can these anxious cares avail thee,These never ceasing moans and sighs?What can it help, if thou bewail theeO’er each dark moment as it flies?Our cross and trials do but pressThe heavier for our bitterness.
- 3Only be still, and wait His leisureIn cheerful hope, with heart contentTo take whate’er thy Father’s pleasureAnd all discerning love hath sent;Nor doubt our inmost wants are knownTo Him who chose us for His own.
- 4Sing, pray, and keep His ways unswerving,So do thine own part faithfully,And trust His Word– though undeserving,Thou yet shalt find it true for thee;God never yet forsook at needThe soul that trusted Him indeed.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 205 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.