Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
CROSS AND COMFORT
521
What God Ordains Is Always Good
Deut. 32: 4
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Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
Samuel Rodigast, 1675
Tr., composite
Was Gott tut
Severus Gastorius, 1681
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5
What God ordains is always good.
Though I the cup am drinking
Which savors now of bitterness,
I take it without shrinking.
For after grief God grants relief,
My heart with comfort filling
And all my sorrow stilling.
6
What God ordains is always good.
This truth remains unshaken.
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
I shall not be forsaken.
I fear no harm, For with His arm
He shall embrace and shield me;
So to my God I yield me.
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