{"slug": "whateer-my-god-ordains-is-right", "title": "Whate'er My God Ordains Is Right", "first_line": "Whate'er my God ordains is right", "author": "samuel-rodigast", "author_date": "1675", "translator": "catherine-winkworth", "translator_date": "1863", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7, 4, 4, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Providence", "Trust", "Comfort"], "scripture": ["Genesis 18:25", "Romans 8:28"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Samuel Rodigast (1649\u20131708), \"Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan\" (1675), written for his sick friend Severus Gastorius, who then composed the tune; translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827\u20131878), The Chorale Book for England (1863), No. 135 \u2014 original verified against the CCEL transcription. This is the received, lightly-smoothed hymnal form of Winkworth's translation, standard in pre-1931 hymnals (e.g. The Lutheran Hymnary 1913, Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book 1918): the four uniformly 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8 stanzas as printed by The Cyber Hymnal (live fetch) and cross-checked word-for-word against hymnary.org's representative text; stanza 4 line 4 follows Winkworth's original word order \"Yet am I not forsaken\". The Cyber Hymnal's two additional stanzas (\"His loving thought attends me\", \"He is my friend and Father\") close 7.7 and were omitted for meter uniformity. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "whateer_my_god_ordains_is_right_holy_his", "total_instances": 81}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "What -- e'er my God or -- dains is right: His ho -- ly will a -- bid -- eth; I will be still what -- e'er He doth, And fol -- low where He guid -- eth. He is my God; though dark my road, He holds me that I shall not fall: Where -- fore to Him I leave it all.", "prose": ["Whate'er my God ordains is right:", "His holy will abideth;", "I will be still whate'er He doth,", "And follow where He guideth.", "He is my God; though dark my road,", "He holds me that I shall not fall:", "Wherefore to Him I leave it all."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "What -- e'er my God or -- dains is right: He nev -- er will de -- ceive me; He leads me by the prop -- er path: I know He will not leave me. I take, con -- tent, what He hath sent; His hand can turn my griefs a -- way, And pa -- tient -- ly I wait His day.", "prose": ["Whate'er my God ordains is right:", "He never will deceive me;", "He leads me by the proper path:", "I know He will not leave me.", "I take, content, what He hath sent;", "His hand can turn my griefs away,", "And patiently I wait His day."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "What -- e'er my God or -- dains is right: Though now this cup, in drink -- ing, May bit -- ter seem to my faint heart, I take it, all un -- shrink -- ing. My God is true; each morn a -- new Sweet com -- fort yet shall fill my heart, And pain and sor -- row shall de -- part.", "prose": ["Whate'er my God ordains is right:", "Though now this cup, in drinking,", "May bitter seem to my faint heart,", "I take it, all unshrinking.", "My God is true; each morn anew", "Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,", "And pain and sorrow shall depart."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "What -- e'er my God or -- dains is right: Here shall my stand be tak -- en; Though sor -- row, need, or death be mine, Yet am I not for -- sak -- en. My Fa -- ther's care is round me there; He holds me that I shall not fall: And so to Him I leave it all.", "prose": ["Whate'er my God ordains is right:", "Here shall my stand be taken;", "Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,", "Yet am I not forsaken.", "My Father's care is round me there;", "He holds me that I shall not fall:", "And so to Him I leave it all."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}