Be Still, My Soul

Verse 1
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. (Ps. 46:10, Ps. 118:6)
Bear pa­tient­ly the cross of grief or pain. (Matt. 10:38, Matt. 16:24, Mark 8:34, Mark 10:21, Luke 9:23)
Leave to thy God to or­der and pro­vide;
In ev­ery change, He faith­ful will re­main. (II Tim. 2:13)
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heav­en­ly friend (John 15:13-15)
Through thor­ny ways leads to a joy­ful end.

Verse 2
Be still, my soul: thy God doth un­der­take
To guide the fu­ture, as He has the past. (Isa. 46:10)
Thy hope, thy con­fi­dence let no­thing shake;
All now mys­te­ri­ous shall be bright at last. (I Cor. 13:12)
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while He dwelt be­low. (Matt. 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25, Ps. 107:29)

Verse 3
Be still, my soul: when dear­est friends de­part,
And all is dark­ened in the vale of tears, (Ps. 84:6)
Then shalt thou bet­ter know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sor­row and thy fears. (John 16:22)
Be still, my soul: thy Je­sus can re­pay
From His own full­ness all He takes away. (John 1:16, Job 1:21)

Verse 4
Be still, my soul: the hour is hast­en­ing on
When we shall be for­ev­er with the Lord. (I Thess. 4:17, John 14:3, Rev. 21:3)
When dis­ap­point­ment, grief and fear are gone,
Sorrow for­got, love’s pur­est joys re­stored. (Rev. 21:4)
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past (Isa. 25:8, Rev. 7:17, Rev. 21:4)
All safe and bless­èd we shall meet at last.

Verse 5
Be still, my soul: be­gin the song of praise
On earth, be­liev­ing, to Thy Lord on high;
Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways, (Prov. 3:6)
So shall He view thee with a well-pleased eye.
Be still, my soul: the Sun of life di­vine
Through pass­ing clouds shall but more bright­ly shine.