What God sees I can see, and that alone.
Oh, fact divine! Oh, everlasting truth!
These waves of mortal thought,
Surging and lashing high,
I cannot see; they are not in God's sight,
So not in mine.
What God hears I can hear, and that alone.
Oh, rock of refuge! Oh, protection sure!
These vague and futile sounds,
Evil's attempted voice,
I cannot hear; they are not to God's sense,
So not to mine.
What God knows I can know, and that alone.
Oh, peace eternal! Inspiration pure!
All is in God; mortality
Itself, fearful, distressed,
I cannot know; it is not to my God,
So not to me.
