And all your foes and fears control.

2 He waits His own well-chosen hour

The intended mercy to display;

And His paternal pities move,

While wisdom dictates the delay.

3 Blest are the humble souls that wait

With sweet submission to His will;

Harmonious all their passions move,

And in the midst of storms are still;—

4 Still, till their Father’s well-known voice