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LEAVE God to order all thy ways,
    And hope in Him whate’er betide;
He will be found in evil days
    An all-sufficient strength and guide:
Who trusts in God’s unchanging love
Builds on the rock that cannot move.
 
2  Only thy restless heart keep still,
    And wait in cheerful hope, content
To take whate’er His gracious will,
    His all-discerning love, has sent;
Nor doubt our inmost wants are known
To Him Who chose us for His own.
 
3  Trust, pray, and swerve not from His ways,
    But do thine own part faithfully;
Trust His rich promises of grace,
    So shall they be fulfilled in thee:
God never yet forsook the need
Of those who trusted Him indeed.
 
Georg Christian Neumark, 1621-81,
tr Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78