Give to the Winds Thy Fears

Give to the winds thy fears,
Hope and be undismayed.
God hears thy sighs and counts they tears,
God shall lift up thy head.

Through waves and clouds and storms,
He gently clears they way;
Wait thou his time; so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

Far, far above they thought,
His counsel shall appear,
When fully he the work hath wrought,
That caused thy needless fear.

Leave to his sovereign sway
To choose and to command;
So shalt thou, wondering, own that way,
How wise, how strong this hand.

Paul Gerhardt 1656