O Grieve Not So, Nor So Lament
Words and music by Paul Gerhardt · tr. Sarah Laurie Findlater · 1923
Key of Ab · 100 BPM · 4/4 · Hope,Faith,Trinity · Mt 6:30-34
Verse 1
O grieve not so, nor so lament, My soul! nor troubled sigh,
Because some joys to others sent Your Father may deny;
Take all as love that seems severe There is no want if God is near.
Verse 2
There is no right you can demand, No title you can claim;
For all are strangers in the land Who bear the human name:
Earth and its treasures are the Lord's, And He the lot of each accords.
Verse 3
How thankless art you, child of man! For favors that abound;
Your God has giv'n you eyes to scan The glory all around;
Yet seldom for this priceless sight, Have you been heard to praise aright.
Verse 4
Number your limbs, your members tell, And ask your thankless soul,
If to another you would sell The smallest of them all.
There is not one from which your heart Would willingly submit to part.
Verse 5
Now, go and search the depths of mind, Explore its wondrous pow'r,
New proofs of benefits to find, That meet you ev'ry hour;
More than the sand upon the shore, And ever rising more and more.
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