What God Ordains Is Always Good

"What God Ordains Is Always Good" by Samuel Rodigast, 1649-1708

1. What God ordains is always good; Though many storms may gather. WHATEVER GOD COMMAND | DOESN’T-MATTER STORMS HAPPEN ALWAYS GOOD Now I may know both joy and woe, His will is just and holy. NOW I KNOW BOTH JOY | SADNESS HIS WANT | FAIR | HOLY Some day I shall see clearly As He directs my life for me, FUTURE I WILL SEE CLEAR WHILE GOD DIRECT MY LIFE FOR That He has loved me dearly. ME HE TRUE LOVE ME I follow meek and lowly. I PATIENT | HUMBLE OBEY My God indeed in every need 4. What God ordains is always good. IN EVERY WORRY | MY GOD TRUE WHATEVER GOD COMMAND | Knows well how he will shield me; ALWAYS GOOD KNOW HOW PROTECT ME Though I the cup am drinking To Him, then, I will yield me. DOESN’T-MATTER I DRINK MYSELF I SUBMIT Which savors now of bitterness, CUP TASTE BITTER I take it without shrinking. 2. What God ordains is always good. I DRINK WITHOUT SHRINK-AWAY WHATEVER GOD COMMAND | For after grief God grants relief, ALWAYS GOOD AFTER SORROW GOD GIVE-ME SAVE He never will deceive me; My heart with comfort filling GOD WILL NEVER DECEIVE ME FILL MY HEART WITH COMFORT He leads me in His righteous way, And all my sorrow stilling. HE LEAD ME | HIS RIGHTEOUS QUIET ALL MY SORROW WAY And never will He leave me. HE WILL NEVER LEAVE [from] ME 5. What God ordains is always good. I take content What He has sent; WHATEVER GOD COMMAND | I SATISFY THINGS ↖HE SEND-TO ALWAYS GOOD ME This truth remains unshaken. His hand that sends me sadness THIS TRUTH CONTINUES HIS HAND SEND-ME SADNESS Though sorrow, need, or death be mine, Will turn my tears to gladness. DON’T-MATTER I HAVE SAD | NEED | MY TEARS | ↖HE CHANGE-INTO DEATH HAPPY I shall not be forsaken. I NOT BECOME FORGOT-LEFT BEHIND 3. What God ordains is always good. I fear no harm, For with His arm WHATEVER GOD COMMAND | I DON’T FEAR HARM | WHY? ALWAYS GOOD He will embrace and shield me; He is my Friend and Father; HE HOLD ME | SHIELD ME HE | MY FRIEND | FATHER So to my God I yield me. He will not let me suffer harm, MYSELF I SURRENDER | OFFER-HIM↖ HE NOT ALLOW ME SUFFER HARM ______Hymn #429 (CW), #521 (TLH) Titled: "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" Text: Deut. 32:4 Composer: Severus Gastorius, 1681 Author: Samuel Rodigast, 1675 Tune: "Was Gott tut" Translated by: composite "What God Ordains Is Always Good" by Samuel Rodigast, 1649-1708

1. What God ordains is always good; Now I may know both joy and woe,

His will is just and holy. Some day I shall see clearly

As He directs my life for me, That He has loved me dearly.

I follow meek and lowly.

My God indeed in every need 4. What God ordains is always good.

Knows well how he will shield me; Though I the cup am drinking

To Him, then, I will yield me. Which savors now of bitterness,

I take it without shrinking.

2. What God ordains is always good. For after grief God grants relief,

He never will deceive me; My heart with comfort filling

He leads me in His righteous way, And all my sorrow stilling.

And never will He leave me.

I take content What He has sent; 5. What God ordains is always good.

His hand that sends me sadness This truth remains unshaken.

Will turn my tears to gladness. Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,

I shall not be forsaken.

3. What God ordains is always good. I fear no harm, For with His arm

He is my Friend and Father; He will embrace and shield me;

He will not let me suffer harm, So to my God I yield me.

Though many storms may gather. ______Hymn #429 (CW), #521 (TLH) Titled: "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" Text: Deut. 32:4 Composer: Severus Gastorius, 1681 Author: Samuel Rodigast, 1675 Tune: "Was Gott tut" Translated by: composite