From God Shall Naught Divide Me
Words and music by Ludwig Helmbold · tr. Catherine Winkworth · 1563
Key of Bb · 100 BPM · 4/4 · Hope,Assurance,Faith · Rom 8:35-39
Verse 1
From God shall naught divide me, For He is true for aye,
And on my path will guide me, Who else should often stray;
His ever bounteous hand By night and day is heedful
And gives me what is needful, Where'er I go or stand.
Verse 2
If sorrow comes, He sent it In Him I put my trust;
I never shall repent it, For He is true and just,
And loves to bless us still; My life and soul I owe them
To Him who doth bestow them, Let Him do as He will.
Verse 3
Whate'er shall be His pleasure Is surely best for me;
He gave His dearest treasure, That our weak hearts might see
How good His will toward us; And in His Son He gave us
Whate'er could bless and save us; Praise Him who loveth thus!
Verse 4
O praise Him, for He never Forgets our daily need;
O blest the hour whenever To Him our thoughts can speed;
Yea, all the time we spend Without Him is but wasted,
Till we His joy have tasted, The joy that hath no end.
Verse 5
For when the world is passing With all its pomp and pride,
All we were here amassing No longer may abide;
But in our earthly bed, Where softly we are sleeping,
God hath us in His keeping, To wake us from the dead.
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