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Give to the Winds Your Fears
Verse 1
Give to the winds your fears;
In hope be undismayed:
God hears your sighs and counts your tears,
God shall lift up your head.
In hope be undismayed:
God hears your sighs and counts your tears,
God shall lift up your head.
Verse 2
To Him commit your griefs;
Your ways put in His hands
To His sure truth and tender care
Who earth and heaven commands.
Your ways put in His hands
To His sure truth and tender care
Who earth and heaven commands.
Verse 3
O put your trust in God;
In duty's path go on.
Walk in His strength with faith and hope,
So shall your work be done.
In duty's path go on.
Walk in His strength with faith and hope,
So shall your work be done.
Verse 4
Leave to His sovereign sway
To choose and to command;
So you shall, faithful, seek His way
How wise, how strong His hand!
To choose and to command;
So you shall, faithful, seek His way
How wise, how strong His hand!
Originally German, this hymn emphasizes surrendering anxieties to God and is a cornerstone of Lutheran hymnody.