Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me?
Words and music by Paul Gerhardt · tr. John Kelly · 1653
Key of F · 140 BPM · 4/4 · Assurance,Cross,Funeral · Ps 73:23-28
Verse 1
Why should cross and trial grieve me? Christ is near With His cheer;
Never will He leave me. Who can rob me of the heaven
That God's Son, For my own, To my faith hath given?
Verse 2
Nought not e'en the life I'm living, Is mine own, God alone
All to me is giving. Must I then His own restore Him?
Though bereft Of my flesh Still shall I adore Him.
Verse 3
Though a heavy cross I'm bearing, And my heart Feels the smart,
Shall I be despairing? God can help me, who doth send it,
He doth know All my woe And how best to end it.
Verse 4
God oft gives me days of gladness, Shall I grieve If He give
Seasons too of sadness? God is good, and tempers ever
All my ill, And He will Wholly leave me never.
Verse 5
Though united world and devil, All their pow'r Can no more
Do but mock and quibble. Let them now employ their jeering,
Christ will here Then appear Strike their hearts with fearing.
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