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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 129 · Words: Paul Gerhardt · Tune: FESTAL SONG
Give to the Winds Thy Fears
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A beloved hymn by German pastor Paul Gerhardt (1653), translated by John Wesley in 1739. It calls believers to surrender their anxieties to God, trusting in divine providence to guide them through life's storms and uncertainties.
Verse 1
Give to the winds thy fears;
hope and be undismayed.
God hears thy sighs
and counts thy tears,
God shall lift up thy head.
Verse 2
Through waves and
clouds and storms,
God gently clears thy way;
wait thou God’s time;
so shall this night
soon end in joyous day.
Verse 3
Leave to God’s
sovereign sway
to choose and to command;
so shalt thou, wondering,
own that way,
how wise,
how strong this hand.
Verse 4
Let us in life, in death,
thy steadfast
truth declare,
and publish with
our latest breath
thy love and
guardian care.
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