55. Through Waves, Through Clouds and Storms

S.M.
by P. Gerhardt, tr. by J. Wesley
1
Through waves, through clouds and storms,
 
God gently clears the way;
 
We wait His time; so shall the night
 
Soon end in blissful day.
“The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.” (Nahum 1:3)
2
He everywhere hath sway,
 
And all things serve His might;
 
His every act pure blessing is,
 
His path unsullied light.
“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.” (Isaiah 42:16)
3
When He makes bare His arm,
 
Who shall His work withstand?
 
When He His people’s cause defends,
 
Who then shall stay His hand?
“The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” (Isaiah 52:10)
“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?” (Romans 9:20-21)
4
We leave it to Himself
 
To choose and to command,
 
With wonder filled, we soon shall see
 
How wise, how strong His hand!
“What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.” (Psalm 25:12)
5
We comprehend Him not,
 
Yet earth and heaven tell
 
God sits as sovereign on the throne
 
And ruleth all things well.
“God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.” (Job 37:5)
“The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.” (Psalm 103:19)
“And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.” (Mark 7:37)
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