Voices Together ‎#664

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:
  Psalm 37:1-7
  ;
  Psalm 46
  ;
  Psalm 89:8-9
  ;
  Psalm 107:23-30
  ;
  Psalm 126:4-6
  ;
  Psalm 131
  ;
  Matthew 8:23-27
  ;
  Matthew 10:37-39
  ;
  Matthew 16:24-28
  ;
  Mark 4:35-41
  ;
  Mark 8:34-38
  ;
  Luke 8:22-25
  ;
  Luke 9:23-27
• Topic: Patience; Comfort; Discipleship; Funeral / Memorial Service; God: Faithfulness of; God: Power of; Joy; Protection; Suffering
• 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.