Christ My Song - 2073

Though thou slay me, I will trust - Faith
(John S. B. Monsell/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Faith.

"Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." (Job 13,15)

1. Though thou slay me, I will trust,
thou art God, but I am dust;
  though thou grieve, thy grace I'll prove,
  I am loveless, thou art love. PDF - Midi

2. Though thou seem to turn away,
I will nearer to thee stay;
  though thy silence wound me sore,
  I will weary thee the more.

3. Though thy face I cannot see,
well I know 'tis turned to me;
though the cloud exclude its light,
  well I know its beams are bright.

4. Though the children's bread denied,
still I linger by thy side;
  though thy fullness thou refuse,
  still the crumbs I may not lose.

5. Any sorrow I can bear,
save the sorrow of despair,
  anything thou ask'st resign,
  save the bliss of being thine.

6. Nothing that mine eyes can see
shall disturb my Faith in thee;
  love to trust can well afford,
  wait the leisure of the Lord!

John S. B. Monsell, Hymns of Love and Praise, 1877, 37-38.
Hymn title from the index, page 173.

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