Master the tempest is raging!
The billows are tossing high!
The sky is o'er shadowed with blackness;
No shelter or help is nigh;
Carest Thou not that we perish?
How canst Thou lie asleep,
When each moment so madly is threatening,
A grave in the angry deep.
"The winds and the waves shall obey My will,
Peace be still!
Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea,
Or demons, or men, or whatever it be,
No water can swallow the ship where lies,
The Master of ocean and earth and skies;
They all shall sweetly obey my will,
Peace, be still! Peace be still!
They all shall sweetly obey My will,
Peace, peace be still!"
Master with anguish of spirit,
I bow in my grief today;
The depths of sad hearts are troubled;
O, waken and save I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish,
Sweep o'er my sinking soul;
And I perish! I perish dear Master;
O hasten, and take control.
"The winds and the waves shall obey My will,
Peace be still!
Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea,
Or demons, or men, or whatever it be,
No water can swallow the ship where lies,
The Master of ocean and earth and skies;
They all shall sweetly obey my will,
Peace, be still! Peace be still!
They all shall sweetly obey My will,
Peace, peace be still!"
Master, the terror is over,
The element sweetly rest;
Earth's sun is in the calm lake is mirrored,
And heaven's within my breast;
Linger O blessed Redeemer,
Leave me alone no more;
And with joy I shall make the blest harbor,
And rest on the blissful shore.
"The winds and the waves shall obey My will,
Peace be still!
Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea,
Or demons, or men, or whatever it be,
No water can swallow the ship where lies,
The Master of ocean and earth and skies;
They all shall sweetly obey my will,
Peace, be still! Peace be still!
They all shall sweetly obey My will,
Peace, peace be still!"