4 And if my Redeemer could part,

For me, with his throne in the skies,

O why is so dear to my heart

What he in his wisdom denies?

5 Then let the rude tempest assail,

Let blasts of adversity blow,

The heavens, though distant, I hail,

Beyond this rough ocean of woe.

6 When safe on that beautiful strand,

I’d smile on the billows that foam;