WEEP NOT.
7,6,7,6,3,3,7,7
"Weine nicht!"
"The Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping." -- Psalm 6:8.
[3]B. Schmolk
transl., Sarah Findlater, 1854
Weep not -- Jesus lives on high,
O sad and wearied one!
If thou with the burden sigh,
Of grief thou canst not shun,
Trust Him still,
Soon there will
Roses in the thicket stand,
Goshen smile in Egypt's land.
Weep not -- Jesus thinks of thee
When all beside forget,
And on thee so lovingly
His faithfulness has set,
That though all
Ruin'd fall,
Every thing on earth be shaken,
Thou wilt never be forsaken.
Weep not -- Jesus heareth thee,
Hears thy moanings broken,
Hears when thou right wearily
All thy grief hast spoken.
Raise thy cry,
He is nigh,
And when waves roll full in view,
He shall fix their "Hitherto."
Weep not -- Jesus loveth thee,
Though all around may scorn,
And though poison'd arrows be
Upon thy buckler borne,
With His love,
Naught can move;
All may fail -- yet only wait,
He shall make the crooked straight.
Weep not -- Jesus cares for thee,
Then what of good can fail?
Why shouldst thou thus gloomily
At thought of trouble quail?
He will bear
All thy care;
And if He the burden take,
He will all things perfect make.
Weep not -- Jesus comforts thee,
He yet shall come and save,
And each sorrow thou shalt see
Lie buried in thy grave.
Sin shall die,
Grief shall fly,
Thou hast wept thy latest tears
When the Lord of life appears!