What God ordains is always good;
His will is just and holy.
As He directs my life for me,
I follow meek and lowly
My God indeed in ev'ry need
knows well how He will shield me;
to Him. then. I will yield me
What God ordains is always good;
He never will deceive me.
He leads me in His righteous way,
and never will He leave me
I take, content, what He has sent;
His hand that sends me sadness
will turn my tears to gladness
What God ordains is always good;
His loving thought attends me;
no poison can be in the cup
that my Physician sends me
My God is true; each morning new
I trust His grace unending,
My life to Him commending
What God ordains is always good;
He is my Friend and Father.
He suffers naught to do me harm
tho' many storms may gather
Now I may know both joy and woe;
some day I shall see clearly
that He has loved me dearly.
What God ordains is always good;
tho' I the cup am drinking
which savors now of bitterness,
I take it without shrinking
For after grief God gives relief,
my heart with comfort filling
and all my sorrow stilling
What God ordains is always good;
this truth remains unshaken
Tho' 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