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Verse 1
When peace, like a river, (Isa. 48:18, Isa. 66:12)
Attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll; (Ps. 46:1-3)
Whatever my lot,
Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul. (Phil. 4:11)
Chorus
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Verse 2
Though Satan should buffet, (II Cor. 12:7)
Though trials should come, (I Pet. 1:6-7)
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded
My helpless estate, (Rom. 5:6-8, Luke 1:48)
And hath shed His own blood for my soul. (Rom. 5:8-9, Eph. 1:7, Heb. 9:12, Heb. 9:14, I Pet. 1:18-19, I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5)
Verse 3
My sin—oh, the bliss of
This glorious thought—
My sin—not in part but the whole, (I John 1:7)
Is nailed to the cross,
And I bear it no more, (Col. 2:14, Isa. 53:5-6, John 1:29)
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! (Ps. 103:1-2)
Verse 4
For me, be it Christ,
Be it Christ hence to live: (Phil. 1:21)
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, (Ps. 23:4)
For in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul. (John 14:27)
Verse 5
But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee,
For Thy coming we wait, (Tit. 2:3, I Thess. 1:10)
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! (I Cor. 15:52)
Oh voice of the Lord! (I Thess. 4:16-17)
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul! (Tit. 2:3)
Verse 6
And Lord, haste the day
When my faith shall be sight, (II Cor. 5:7)
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; (Isa. 34:4, Rev. 6:14)
The trump shall resound, (I Cor. 15:52)
And the Lord shall descend, (I Thess. 4:16-17)
Even so—it is well with my soul.