CROSS AND COMFORT 535 Rejoice, My Heart, Be Glad and Sing Ps. 56: 8 C. M. Ich singe dir mit Herz und Mund Paul Gerhardt, 1653, cento Tr., John Kelly, 1867, alt. Ich singe dir “Harmonischer Liederschatz” Frankfurt, 1738 less and ful thy child thought Light trust Watch In Thy A o’er rest Life cheer day? night? Lord, tain; hood the and main not spend is joice, love day heart, His the thy my 3 Why 2 He 1 Re Did Treas 4 and de thy and pow’r spair, Joy, sing, ure, and in be He truth blank glad way? light. ward. main. A and ed thy tion a dens Re re ills bur great shall For Thy men. On Has oft a lor Source not Cre se the threat cast doubts in tor when of ev He thy Coun God, Turned He Thy Thy dread makes Shield Por ’ning thy an ’ry thing, noy, care; hour 5 He ever will with patience chide, His rod falls gently down, And all thy sins He casts aside And in the sea doth drown. 6 When silent woe thy bosom rends, His pity sees thy grief, Supplies what to His glory tends And to thine own relief. 7 He knows how oft a Christian weeps And why his tears now fall; And in the His mercy keeps These things are noted all. 8 His wisdom never plans in vain, Ne’er falters or mistakes; All that His counsels did ordain A happy ending makes. 9 Upon thy lips, then, lay thy hand And trust His guiding love; Then like a rock thy peace shall stand Here and in heav’n above.